The Beginning of the Cold War
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- The beginning of the Cold War
- The Countries
- Britain
- Democracy led by Churchill - war with Germany since 1939
- USA
- Democracy led by Roosevelt - war with Germany and Japan since Dec 1941
- Soviet Union
- Communist one-party state led by Stalin - war with Germany since 1941
- Britain
- The Tehran Conference (Nov-Dec 1943)
- USA and Britain agreed to open a second front by invading Nazi-occupied Germany
- USSR would declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated
- Boundaries of Poland moved westwards; gain territory from Germany and lose it to USSR
- International body would be set up to settle future disputes
- Set the scene for establishment of United Nations
- The Yalta Conference
- Germany would be reduced in size and divided and demilitarised - pay reparations
- Europe to be rebuilt along the lines of the Atlantic Charter.
- Countries would have democratic elections
- UN to be set up
- USSR declare war on Japan when Germany defeated
- Poland in Soviet 'sphere of influence' but run on broader democratic basis
- The Potsdam Conference (Jul-Aug 1945
- Council of Foreign Ministers set up to organise rebuilding of Europe
- Germany reduced in size and divided into 4 zones (run by each country)
- Berlin to be divided as well
- Nazi Party banned and war criminals persecuted
- USSR was to receive 25% of input from 3 other zones
- Outcomes of Conferences
- Tension was increasing between allies
- Differences were starting to emerge
- Over future of Germany and Eastern Europe
- Roosevelt's death led to Truman becoming president
- He was much more distrustful of Soviet Union
- The Countries
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