Yalta and potsdam conference

• When did the potsdam conference take place

  July - August 1945
• How did different leaders cause tension in potsdam conference

  Roosevelt and Churchill replaced by Atlee and Truman - no shared experience working with Stalin
• How did no common enemies cause tension in potsdam conference

  WW2 ended in Europe, no common enemy
• How did eastern europe cause postdam conference cause tension

  Stalin used his red army to take control of the governments in Eastern Europe including Poland
• How did atomic bombs cause the potsdam conference and cause tension

  since Yalta USA had tested an atomic bomb but did not speak directly about this
• How was clear division created of potsdam conference

  Allies of WW2 now had nothing to unite them and separated by views, secrecy of atomic bombs made it seem they no longer trusted each other
• How did Eastern Europe a short and long term tension

  Agreed that Stalin could have a 'sphere of influence' in eastern europe but had different interpretations
• How was Japan an outcome of the tension

  When the USA used the atomic bombs and in Japan surrendered later in August this was before the USSR's army could arrive so the USSR gained no land
• When did the Yalta conference take place?

  February 1945
• How were different ideologies for a cause of tension in yalta conference

  Capitalism vs communism - both sides wanted their system to be in charge
• How was different aims for eastern europe a cause for tension in yalta conference

  The west wanted free elections and a strong german economy whereas USSR wanted a buffer zone to prevent Germany from future wars
• What was the outcome for Germany in yalta conference

  Division in Germany - 4 zones in a country and Berlin was also split into 4 sectors
• What was the outcome for Eastern Europe in Yalta conference

  Declaration of Liberated Europe - free elections

  A 'government of national unity' in Poland including communists and non-communists
• What was the outcome for Japan in the Yalta conference

  When the war in Europe is over the USSR will help the USA to defeat Japan and USSR will be given land in Japan