Timeline of the cold war

Cards (10)

  • Cold war timeline
    Label the timeline
    A) 1946
    B) 1947
    C) 1948 - 1949
    D) 1949
    E) 1950
    F) 1953
    G) 1953
    H) 1957
    I) 1961
    J) 1962
  • B) 1947 - Cominform, Yugoslavia split from USSR, Soviet Union blockades West Germany, NATO formed.
  • When was the Yalta conference?
    4 to the 11 February 1945
  • when was the Tehran conference?
    28 November to 1 December 1943
  • When was the Potsdam conference?
    July 17 to August 2, 1945
  • Who were the Grand Alliance?
    Br
    USA
    USSR
  • What did the Tehran conference aim to do?
    1. Force German unconditional surrender
    2. split Germany
    3. create an international body for negotiations
    4. open a second front in the west
    5. Poland receives german land
    6. USSR declared war on japan
    this was a strategy meeting between roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill
  • What agreement was made at Yalta?
    Once Germany was defeated it was meant to be divided into 4 zones - no decision regarding a uniform system of govt for Germany - Berlin was also divided into four zones. as well as trials for warcrimes
  • What were there disagreements at Yalta?
    1. Political and economic differences (cap vs com)
    2. Difference with regards to German reparations
    3. Different experiences during WWII -> number of casualties
  • What changes happened at the Potsdam conference
    “a complete disarmament and demilitarization of Germany”; all aspects of German industry that could be utilized for military purposes were to be dismantled; all German military and paramilitary forces were to be eliminated; and the production of all military ...