History - Cold War Events

1.The Differences between Communism and Capitalism.

• Communism: The political idea which in theory aims for everyone to be equal.
• Capitalism: An economic idea which rewards workers based on how much their skills are valued in the marketplace.

2.The Definition of a Cold War.

• A conflict between the USA and the USSR; so-called as neither country directly fought one another but used other nations as pawns in their political game.

3.Grand Alliance.

• The Big 3
• The 'Grand Alliance' were working together against Hitler, however there were some tensions:
• Stalin was annoyed that Britain and USA delayed fighting against the Germans in France until 1944 when the USSR had been fighting since 1941. This would have been a second front.
• Churchill dislikes communism.

4.Tehran Conference.

• November 1943.
• Britain and USA agreed to open a second front by invading France in May 1944.
• The Soviet Union was to wage war against Japan once Germany was defeated.
• United Nations organisation was to be set up after the war.
• An area of Eastern Poland was added to the Soviet Union.
• Roosevelt was unwell and mostly sided with Stalin, so Churchill's idea of an allied invasion through the Balkans, preventing the Red Army from taking over Eastern Europe was rejected.
• The relations between the big 3 improve and Rosevelt was keen on this.

5.Yalta…