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Causes of Cold War (Historical difference (West problems (appeasement…

- - - - secret union between russia and germany
      - made russia not trustworthy for USA as germany was their enemy
    - - sends people to kill people who might oppose to him in the future
      - used purges to transmit terror so people wouldn't defy him
  - - - Hitler rised to power
    - - fear of communism
- - - - Marxism- Leninism
        
        purpose was to turn a capitalist country into communist country
        
        an idea of communist revolution
      - capitalism
      - 1917 revolution
        
        russian revolution when peasants and working class revolted against government
        
        groups of revolutionaries: Bolsheviks
        
        this revolution causes Russia to turn into communism
        
        this becomes a threat for USA because they were scared of communism spreading
        
        new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union
      - world revolution
      - comintern
        
        The communist International organisation
        
        1919-1943
        
        members: soviet union and people's republic of mongolia
- - - - mass execution of polish citizens by the soviet union
      - nazis found bodies of dead people years later buried in Poland which were send to Britain so they could see that Russia was cruel and vile
        
        Nazis were trying to break up the alliance between Britain and Russia
    - - strategic meeting between Stalin and Churchill
        
        they agreed to open front
        
        this was to give confidence to Stalin
        
        this meant that Stalin would fight against Hitler; Churchill's army wouldn't be damaged
      - caused tension between the powers as they disagreed in points
      - they discussed the fate of Eastern Europe and Germany
    - - russia and churchill agree to divide a piece of east of europe
        
        democracy will not be spread by the west because stalin is in charge
    - - world war 2 meeting
      - head governments of USA, United Kingdom and Soviet Union
      - Germany would be divided into occupied zones administered by US, Britain, France and Soviet forces
      - after conference, stalin failed to keep promise and communist governments were established in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria
        
        communism spread which was not good for the USA