Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Unit 4:Who is to blame for the Cold War? (ALLIANCE BREAKDOWN (YALTA…
Unit 4:Who is to blame for the Cold War?
USSR in Eastern Europe
ALLIANCE BREAKDOWN
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
MAIN DISAGREEMENTS
AGREEMENTS
DIFFERENCES
a.Stalin's army is in control of most of Eastern Europe and he is not moving it back to the USSR. b.The US has a new president and he is less tolerant of communism and Stalin. c.The US now has the bomb and does not need the help of the USSR to defeat Japan.
YALTA CONFERENCE
WHAT WAS DECIDED
Find and put Nazis on trail
set up a temporary polish Government that would lead to elections.
Divided Germany into 4 zones ( would be controlled by French
Help the freed people of Europe to four things a.maintain law and order
b.set up governments
c.hold elections
d.carry out post war relief (aid)
Establish a commission to discuss German reparations
PURPOSE
to decide how Europe would be organized after WWII
WHAT WAS PROMISED
Stalin promised two things a.USSR would help the US fight the Japanese
b.the USSR would join the newly created United Nations (this replace the League of Nations)
MAIN LAYERS
Franklin Roosevelt (USA)
Winston Churchill (UK)
Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Berlin Blockade
US reaction to Eastern Europe