HISTORY EXAM 3 LECTURE 11

dates of WW2

1939-1945

when did WW2 end in EUROPE

May 8,1945

Operation Barborosa (date and what happened)

June 22,1941

Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union breaking the Nazi Soviet Pact

Soviet Union became allies with GB and the US to defeat Nazis

Pearl harbor (date and what happened)

December 7,1941

Japanese attack on the US

US declared war on japan

Nazi Germany declared war on US, brought US into WW2

V.J Day

victory over japan day

September 2, 1945

japan surrendered after US dropped 2 atomic bombs on them

marks end of WW2

who were the winners of WW2

US, GB, Soviet Union (grand alliance)

who was the leader of GB at the end of WW2

winston churchill

who was the leader of soviet union at the end of WW2

Joseph Stalin

who was the leader of US at the end of WW2

franklin roosevelt

5 meetings to decide WW2 peace terms

newfoundland meeting

teheran meeting

moscow meeting

yalta meeting

potsdam meeting

Newfoundland meeting important parts

august 1941

stalin did not attend

created atlantic charter

what did the atlantic charter say

free trade and free enterprise

all countries have the right to self determination

teheran meeting important parts

took place in teheran present day iran

december 1943

all 3 leaders attended

demilitarized germany

shifted borders of poland to the west

moscow meeting important parts

took place in moscow (capital of soviet union)

october 1944

percentages agreement

what was the percentages agreement

called the naughty document

leaders of 3 powers divided central europe between themselves

precentage agreement percentages

1. romania: 90 SU 10 US GB
2. greece: 10 SU 90 US GB
3. yugoslavia: 50 SU 50 US GB
4. hungary: 50 SU 50 US GB
5. bulgaria: 75 SU 15 US GB

yalta meeting important parts

took place in soviet territory

february 1945

confirmed all prior arrangements

divided germany into 4 zones

4 zones of germany decided in the yalta meeting

US

GB

SU

France

potsdam meeting important parts

took place in potsdam (outside of germany

july 1945

stalin, churchill, harry truman

divison of germany went into effect

what happened as a result of the divison of germany

germany was carved into 2 rival states west and east germany

europe was divided into 2 spheres of influence

what was the border between the two states of germany called

the iron curtain

what were the two spheres of influence

western germany = US sphere

eastern germany= SU sphere

differences between west and east germany

west= federal republic of germany

* 3 democratic powers
* multi party rule and free enterprise

east= germany democratic republic

* single party rule
* command economy

berlin wall

built in 1961

prevented east germans from escaping from soviet sphere of influence

what day marks the end of the cold war

nov 9,1989

berlin wall was torn down

cold war dates

1945-1989

characteristics of the US side of cold war

* democracy
* free enterprise, capitalism, little gov interference
* nuclear weapons

characteristics of the soviet union side of cold war

* authoritarian single party rule
* command economy
* nuclear weapons

where was the greatest concentration of nuclear weapons

europe

what does cold war mean

no active military engagement

hot wars that occured during the cold war era

korean war

vietnam war

soviet-afghan war

three characteristics of democracy

universal adult suffrage

parliament

multi party rule