The Cold War

• Who was apart of the grand alliance in 1941?

  USA(Roosevelt) , UK (Churchill) and USSR (Stalin)
• What was a well known nickname for the members in the grand alliance?

  The big three
• What were the Grand Alliance's main aim?

  To defeat Nazi German
• What happened at yalta?
• What were they discussing at the Yalta conference?


  The future of Europe and the United Nations (UN) replacing the failed League of Nations.
• What were some of the important agreements made at Potsdam?

  1. New boundaries of Poland were agreed
  2. The 'big three' and France would divide Germany between them
  3. Nazi leaders would be tried for war crimes at Nuremberg Germany
• What was unclear about Germany splitting into 4 zones?

  The Allies were unsure when their zones could rejoin and form a country again.
• Harry Truman

  • succeeded Roosevelt as US president after his death in April 1945
  • Truman was more suspicious of Stalin and USSR
  • Less willing to compromise