cold war bits

what initial tensions did ww1 create

USSR surrendered to fight civil warin 1917

britain, france and US sent military supplies to bolsheviks opponents to prevent communist revolution

what did britain france and itlay agree to do without consulting stalin

agreed to let hitler take over czech that had large numbers of ethnic germans - czech was close to border of soviet union

what pact was signed which caused tensions and why

the nazi soviet pact to split poland - they felt betrayed

what did britain and france delay

an opening of a second front in 1944 - to deliberately make them weaker

what did US and france drop

atomic bombs in aug 1945 on hiroshima and nagasaki - kept secret till very last moment - worried about them using this against ussr in future

which countries did stalin first conquer

lithuania, latvia and estonia

how many other countries did he turn into what

turned 6 other countries into satellite states - evidence to truman that he wanted to spread his ideology world wide

when did hungary turn communist

1949

why were communist government elected

scared into voting communist

causes of berlin crisis in 1948

stalin wanted a united country so wanted to show that a separated one wouldn't work

trizonia made him feel threatened as the separate currency of the deutschmark meant they were economically divided - forcing east into poverty

why was nato formed

as protection against the USSR after berlin blockade

how long had hungary been under strict soviet control

since 1945

how did this present itself

non communist political parties where banned and key officials, police and army were chose by stalin

how many hungarians sent to prison under rakosi rule

300,000

how many executed under rakosi

2,000

why did hungarians revolt in 1956

over lack of political freedom, food shortages and poor harvests

where were the riots

october in the capital budapest - khrushcev sent red army in to combat

what was SEATO

a western oragnisation made in september 1954 following Korea - aim was to prevent spread of communist in south east asia