Potsdam | 1945

• • Three leaders: Atlee, Truman, Stalin
• 1. USSR troops left in Eastern Europe

  • Set up communist government in Poland
  • USSR planned to stay - buffer zone
• 2. Relations between USSR & USA worsened

  • Truman did not trust Stalin
  • Truman had heavy dislike for communism
• 3. Testing of atomic bomb by USA in 1945

  • Led to USSR making communist buffer zone
  • Increased Cold War tensions - arms race
• • USSR happy with outcomes of conferences
  • USSR acquired land to spread communism
• • USSR not happy as US-USSR relations worsened
  • USA testing of atomic weapons without Russia
  • Felt plotted against
• • UK and USA to be tougher on USSR
  • USSR to keep Eastern Europe under Soviet control
• Atomic bombing:

  • USSR developed own bombs - 1949
  • 1964 - Britain, France, USA had atomic bombs