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GCSE History: The Cold War Part I - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The only real disagreement was about Poland. Stalin wanted the border of the USSR to move westwards into Poland He argued that Poland, in turn, could move its border westwards into German territory. Churchill did not approve of Stalin’s plans for Poland, but he also knew that there was not very much that he could do about it ; because Stalin’s Red Army was in total control of both Poland and eastern Germany. Roosevelt was also unhappy about Stalin’s plan, but Churchill persuaded Roosevelt to accept it, as long as the USSR agreed not to interfere in Greece where the British were attempting to prevent the Communists taking over. Stalin accepted this.
  - - - They disagreed over what to do about Germany: Although they agreed about dividing Germany into four zones, Stalin wanted to cripple Germany completely to protect the USSR against future threats. Truman did not want to repeat the mistake of the Treaty of Versailles.
        
        They disagreed over reparations: 20 million Russians had died in the war and the Soviet Union had been devastated. Stalin demanded $10 billion compensation from Germany. Truman, however, was once again determined not to repeat the mistakes made at the end of the First World War and create a bitter, unstable Germany. He resisted this demand.
        
        They disagreed over Soviet policy in eastern Europe: At Yalta, Stalin had won an agreement from the Allies that he could set up pro-Soviet governments. Stalin saw this as a way to protect the USSR while Truman saw this as evidence that Stalin wanted to build up a Soviet empire.
- - - - Comecon stood for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. It was set up in 1949 to co-ordinate the industries and trade of European countries. The idea was that members of Comecon traded mostly with one another than with the West. It benefited the USSR a lot because they received cheap supplies. Bulgaria was in charge of food and East Germany was arms