Cold War conferences

• When was the tehran conference ?

  1943
• Who was involved at the Tehran conference ?

  Stalin (USSR) , Roosevelt (USA) and Churchill(GB)
• What was the importance of Tehran for the development of the Cold war ?

  -Strengthened US-Soviet relations because of second front
• What were the consequences of Tehran ?

  -creation of a second front in western Germany

  -laid the ground works for the UN
• When was the yalta conference ?

  Feb 1945
• What was the importance of yalta?

  -Relations worsened-disagreements over Poland

  -Stalin agrees to free elections in eastern europe (didnt honour this)
• What were the consequences of Yalta conference ?

  -After the war Germany would split into 4 zones

  -A UN would be set up
• What happened 2 days before potsdam conference?

  -USA testing of the atomic bomb
• What was the importance of USA testing the atomic bomb in 1945 ?

  -Made negotiations at Potsdam more difficult-Stalin angry that he had not been informed

  -Increased hostility between USA and USSR-Stalin becoming more determined to protect Soviet union by creating a buffer zone of countries around Russia
• What were the consequences of USA testing the atomic bomb ?

  -Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe

  -America feeling more secure

  -Beginning of arms race
• Who were the leaders during the Potsdam conference?(August 1945)

  Stalin(USSR), Truman (USA),Atlee(GB)
• What was the importance of the potsdam conference ?

  -Led to differences between the Soviet union and USA over Germany

  -Differences between superpowers about free elections in Europe

  -Tension increased as Stalin was angered by US testing of the atomic bomb
• What were the consequences of potsdam?

  -Differences over Germany. Stalin wanted compensation, Truman refused as he saw revived Germany as a possible barrier to future soviet expansion

  -Germany and Berlin divided into 4 zones

  -Poland had become communist