Cold war part 1 revision
- Created by: Carys._
- Created on: 19-01-19 11:59
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- Early Tensions between East and West
- Outcomes of Tehran
- USA & UK to invade Nazi occupied France
- USSR would join the war against Japan once Germany was defeated
- US-Soviet relations after the development of the atom bomb
- End to WW2
- Started the "Arms Race"
- USSR created the 'Buffer Zone'
- Both sides were reluctant to go to war
- 12,000 Japanese civilians killed
- The Grand Alliance and underlying tensions (WW2)
- The Grand Alliance consisted of 3 very powerful men known as "The Big Three".
- Winston Churchill, Prime minister of Britain.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the USA
- Both of these democratically elected leaders believed strongly in capitalism
- Winston Churchill, Prime minister of Britain.
- FDR understood the need to compromise to defeat the common enemy, where as Stalin was more agressive
- Both of these democratically elected leaders believed strongly in capitalism
- Both of these democratically elected leaders believed strongly in capitalism
- Both of these democratically elected leaders believed strongly in capitalism
- Joseph Stalin, Communist leader of the Soviet Union /USSR
- There were disagreements between the countries and tensions were high. Churchill and Stalin were both suspicious of each other and were determined to keep their country's ideology.
- FDR understood the need to compromise to defeat the common enemy, where as Stalin was more agressive
- FDR understood the need to compromise to defeat the common enemy, where as Stalin was more agressive
- There were disagreements between the countries and tensions were high. Churchill and Stalin were both suspicious of each other and were determined to keep their country's ideology.
- Set up to fight their common enemy during WW2
- This did not change the way the countries viewed each other.
- The Grand Alliance consisted of 3 very powerful men known as "The Big Three".
- Potsdam
- Arguments over boundries
- Germany split into 4 zones of occupation
- Each country could take reparations from the sector of Germany they controlled
- Arguments over how much the USSR could take in reparations
- No sign of Stalin allowing free elections in Europe
- Communist government established in Poland and Eastern Europe
- Arguments over boundries
- Long and Novikov Telegrams
- USA believed that the Ussr would back down if they faced strong opposition
- This belief mean that the USA did not think of negotiation for decades
- Soviets developed as much protection as possible.
- USA believed that the Ussr would back down if they faced strong opposition
- Iron Curtain Speech,1946
- Delivered by ex prime minister, Churchill
- USSR strengthened forces and propaganda
- More communist governments established
- increased tensions
- Yalta
- United Nations were set up
- Stalin was offered influence over Eastern Europe
- Known as the "sphere of influence"
- Britain worried about Stalin spreading communism to Eastern European countries.
- Known as the "sphere of influence"
- Germany split into 4 zones of occupation
- USSR join war against Japan
- Creation of Soviet satellite sates
- formed the"Buffer Zone"
- Stalin reluctant to give up land
- pro soviet governments set up in these countries
- Worsened relations
- Outcomes of Tehran
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