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When was the Yalta conference?
Feb 1945
What was achieved at yalta Feb 1945?
Churchill reluctantly accepted Stalin to have influence in Eastern Europe
Stalin agree free elections in Poland after war
Germany divided into 4 zones
Stalin enter war against Japan
Why was Roosevelt criticised after Yalta?
Allowing communism to spread
When was Potsdam conference?
July 1945
What caused tension before postdam?
Tuman drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were key agreements of Potsdam July 1945?
Germany in 4 zones but one economy
Germany demilitarised
Soviets get reparations from own zone and 25% from western zones
Western powers get reparations from own zones and agricultural produce from soviet zone
Why were tensions high at Postdam July 1945?
Truman very hostile to communism
USA use atomic bomb without telling Stalin
When did Poland become communist? How?
1947
Either elections in Lublin regime secured communism
When did czechslovakia become communist? How?
1948
Rigged elections
When did Hungary turn communist? How?
1947
Salami tactics then ban all non-communist parties
When did Romania become communist? How?
1947
Rigged elections and forced king to abdicate
When did Bulgaria become communist? How?
1947
Coalition government and salami tactics
When was Kennan’s long telegram?
Feb 1946
What did kennans long telegram say?
USSR was hostile and neurotic
Advocated for containment policy
When was the iron curtain speech?
March 1946
What did the iron curtain speech say?
Iron curtain descended across Europe
Caused divisions in spheres of influence and warned of these ideological differences
When was the Truman doctrine?
March 1947
What did the Truman doctrine say/ do?
Move to containment policy
Help other counties against subjugation
Five Greece and turkey $400 million
When was the Greek civil war?
1946-1949
Why did Britain withdraw from the Greek civil war?
Bad winter in 1947 so couldn’t afford it
Why was it an issue for the US when Britain withdrew from Greece?
Greece was now vulnerable to communism
