What is it meant by the grand alliance and what countries were involved?
Britain, the USA and the USSR. They were united by their desire to defeat Nazi Germany
What happened in the Tehran conference November 1943?
Talks focused on plans to defeat Nazi Germany.
Why were their tensions between the alliance in the end of ww2?
They were very politically different. The USA and Britain were capitalist - democratic. But the USSR were communist which was a single party.
What happened during the Yalta conference in February 1945?
Made discussions about future of Europe - free elections would be held in previously occupied countries, the big three (plus France) would divide germany and Berlin into four zones and the UN (United Nations) would replace the failed league of nations.
What did the Potsdam conference reveal
It revealed the first cracks in the grand alliance.
What happened during the Potsdam conference July August 1945?
Wanted to work on the finer details for their plans for Germany and Europe.
. The exact division of Germany and Berlin were determined
.the new boundaries of Poland were agreed
.nazi leaders would be tried for war crimes at Nutmeg
However some things still remained undecided - didn't know when zones would re-join - tensions were nigh because Roosevelt died and Truman wees mere suspicious.
What contries emerged ww2 as the 2 superpowers?
USA and USSR.
What side did Japan fight on during the second world war?
German. They continued to fight once Germany had surrendered.
When did the us drop the atom bombs on Japan and what cities where bombed?
August 1945 the us dropped 2 atomic bombs destroying the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What did these bombs mean for the USSR and the US relations?
It meant the USA didn't need military help and the US kept the atom bombs secret from the USSR in the Potsdam conference (although Stalins spy's each already passed on details) the bomb boosted the USAs status, for four years it was the worlds only nuclear weapon. However Stalin saw this as a attempt to intimidate the USSR. Both countries began to speed up development of the atomic bomb creating an arms race.