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The origins of the Cold War (USSR & the West 1917-41 (USSR & Nazi…
The origins of the Cold War
Opposing Ideologies
Marxism-Leninism
Develops into communism
Dictatorship of the proletariat
Capitalism is immoral
Economic factors determine reality
The West
Capitalist - private ownership
Liberal, parliamentary democracy
Religion - God determines fate of humankind
USSR & the West 1917-41
Anti-Western Policies 1918-1935
Invasion of Poland 1920
Comintern founded in 1919
Support for rebellions in colonial territories
Western Reaction 1918-33
Intervention in Russian Civil War
Anti-communist Nazi Government
USSR & Nazi Germany 1933-39
Defence
Intervened in Spanish Civil War
Joined League of Nations
Co-operation
Nazi-Soviet Pact, August 1939 Partition of Poland
Annexation of Baltic states, Bessarabia, north Bukovina
The Grand Alliance 1941-45
Aims of USA
Free worldwide trade
Creation of the United Nations
Continue alliance with USSR and Britain Decolonisation of European colonial empires
Aims of USSR
Security from attack
Reparations from Germany
Territorial gains - Poland, Finland, Romania
Creation of pro-Soviet regimes in Eastern Europe
Aims of Britain
Preservation of British Empire
Remain on friendly terms
Block Soviet expansion in Europe
Creation of an independent and democratic Poland
Liberation of Europe
By the USSR
1944: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria
1944-45: Hungary, Czechoslovakia
& Military aid to Yugoslavia
By the USA & Britain
1943-45: Italy, Greece
1944-45: France, western Europe
The Yalta Conference
February 1945
Arrangements for post-war Germany
Poland's borders and provisional government
Creation of the United Nations
The Declaration on Liberated Europe