History

• What was the cold war?

  an indirect war where they would harm each other through other mediums
• What was the main reason for the cold war?


  mix of ideologies (communism and capitalism)
• When was Tehran?


  Nov 1943
• What happened in Tehran?

  USA+Britain opened a second font from western Europe on Germany, Stalin declared war against Japan (helped by US troops), all three would have spheres of influence in Germany, Poland got German land, USSR kept polish land
• Who were the leaders in the Tehran?

  Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
• When was Potsdam?


  July 1945
• What was agreed at Potsdam?

  Germany and Berlin was split into four but economy works as one, each administered country pay reparations of own zone (soviet allowed to take quarter o other zones industrial equipment because poorest zone)
• What did Truman disagree about at Potsdam?

  polish borders, soviet control of eastern europe
• Who were the leaders at Potsdam?

  Atlee, Truman and Stalin
• When was Yalta?


  Feb 1945
• Agreements made at Yalta?

  Germany and Berlin split into American, French, British and american
• What methods did the Soviets use to expand?

  rigged elections, military cues and coalition governments
• In what countries did the Soviets expand?

  Poland, Greece, Hungary
• Why did the Soviets expand?

  To create buffer zone (to protect from potential nuclear war), spread communism, more people-> army
• When was the first Atomic bomb dropped?

  6 August 1945
• Where did the atomic bombs drop?

  Hiroshima, Nagasaki
• Affect of dropping the atomic bomb on the cold war relations

  Truman felt more confident, Stalin became angry and more protective of USSR-> USA hoped would be intimidated, nuclear arms race began
• When was the iron curtain speech?

  March 1946
• What was the iron curtain speech?

  Churchill addressing the division between east and western Europe
• When was the Truman doctrine?

  March 1947
• What was the Truman doctrine?

  containing communism, preventing the further spread of communism but not fighting against it in already communist countries
• What did the Truman doctrine lead to?

  The marshall plan
• When was the Marshal plan?

  1948-1952
• What was the Marshal plan

  giving aid to war torn countries, 13.7bill USD to Britain
• What was the soviet reaction to the Marshal plan?

  Comecon
• When was cominform?


  1947
• What was Cominform?


  communist information bureau, organised how moscow told eastern europe what to do
• What was comecon?


  council that stated members of soviet bloc could only trade with each other
• When did the berlin crisis start?

  June 1948
• When did the Berlin blockade begin?

  24th June 1948
• What was the Berlin blockade?

  Stalin cut off all railways, canals and roads to western Germany
• Why did Stalin do the Berlin Blockade?

  ashamed of capitalist success in east berlin, wanted them to become desperate and become communist
• What was the western response to the berlin blockade?

  Berlin airlift
• When was the berlin airlift?

  June 1948- May 1949
• What was the berlin airlift?


  when the british and americans flew supplies into eastern berlin
• Stats about berlin airlift

  320,000 flights made, 1,000 flights a day
• what were the consequences of the berlin airlift?

  division of Germany, FRD- bizonia zone (france, britain and american), DDR- USSR, Formation of NATO (April 1949)
• What was the affect of starting Nato?

  USSR saw it as a threat and USA trying to extend its influence in Europe, showed USA's mistrust towards USSR
• Background info before Korean war

  ruled by Japan till 1945, america took temporary control left after free elections in 1945 North- ruled by Kim Ill sung (backed by china and ussr) South- elected: Syngman Rhee (backed by USA)
• When did the Korean war

  July 1950 when the north invaded the south