IGCSE History: A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943 - 1972

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SEPTEMBER 1939: USSR and the West

USSR and Germany invade Poland, triggering the start of World War 2

1914: USSR and the West

USSR fought with USA, Great Britain and France → they were allies

1934: USSR and the West

USSR is recognised and joins the League of Nations (now UN)

JUNE 1941: USSR and the West

Churchill made a radio podcast: “any man or state who fights against Nazism will have our aid.”

AUGUST 1939: USSR and the West

Germany and the USSR form a pact together → Nazi-Soviet Pact

16 MARCH 1921: USSR and the West

Great Britain made a trade deal with USSR → Anglo-Soviet Agreement

JUNE 1941: USSR and the West

Germany invaded Russia, so Russia was forced to fight with the West against the common enemy: Germany

1938: USSR and the West

Great Britain, France and Italy let Germany invade Czechoslovakia (border close to USSR) without asking for Stalin’s opinion

Trizonia: formation

• (1947) Britain and America joined to form Bizonia

• (MARCH 1948) France joined to form Trizonia → separation in Germany

1917: USSR and the West

communist revolution in Russia lead to their exit out of WW1 → severed good alliance