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• Who was the president of USA in 1941-5?

  Roosevelt

  • Wanted good relations with USSR
  • Wanted USSR to help defeat Japan
• Who was the Prime Minister of UK in 1941-5?

  Churchill

  • Suspicious of USSR
  • Feared USSR wanted to take over Europe
• Who was the President of USSR in 1941-5?

  Stalin

  • Wanted USSR to be protected
  • Suspicious of USA & UK wanting to destroy communism
• When and What happened at the Tehran Conference?

  Tehran, Iran November 1943

  • UK & USA agreed to open up 2nd front by invading France in May 1944
  • USSR waged war on Japan once Germany was defeated
  • Parts of Poland was added to USSR
  • Churchill's idea of allied invasion through Balkans, preventing Red Army from taking over Eastern Europe was rejected
• When and What happened at the Yalta Conference?

  Yalta, Crimea February 1945

  • Division of Germany between allies
  • Division of Berlin
  • Free elections for countries liberated from Nazis
  • USSR wanted to punish Germany but UK & USA disagreed to an extent
  • Stalin & Roosevelt had a good relation, Churchill was left out
  • Stalin wanted a friendly Polish Government but feared it was going to be Soviet controlled
  • Stalin wanted to control Poland
• What and What happened at the Potsdam Conference?

  Potsdam, July - August 1945

  • Roosevelt died and Truman became the new President
  • Truman disliked Stalin and The USSR
  • Churchill lost the election and replaced by Attlee
  • Demilitarisation of Germany
  • Divide Germany and Berlin
  • Democracy in Germany and free elections
  • Nazi party was banned and executed
  • Germany paid reparations to USSR
  • USA & UK want to help Germany but USSR disagreed
  • Truman has created A-bomb and tested it
  • Stalin feels betrayed and threatened since USA and UK created the A-bomb together
• What and When was the Long Telegram?

  1946

  • George Kennan - USA Ambassador in Moscow
  • Stalin wanted to destroy Communism
  • USSR was building their military power
  • USA