The WW2 War Conferences

What is communism? (3)

An ideology which grants the government power over all assests, aiming to provide a classless society

The government controls all assests and distributes them evenly across the population

The Soviet Union was a communist state

What is capitalism? (3)

An ideology that prioritises private ownership, meaning the output and quality of your work highly influences your pay

The government has little control over personal assests

Great Britain and The USA are capitalist regions

Who was the leader of the USA at the beginning of the Cold War?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?

Joseph Stalin

Who was the leader of Britain at the beginning of the Cold War?

Winston Churchill

When was the Tehran Conference?

November - December 1943

What was agreed by the USA and Britain at Tehran?

They agreed to open up a second front by invading Nazi-occupied Europe

What was agreed by the Soviet Union at Tehran?

They agreed to declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated

What was agreed about Poland at Tehran? (2)

Its boundaries would be moved westwards

It would gain territory from Germany and lose territory to the Soviet Union

What was agreed by all the superpowers at Tehran? (2)

They agreed to set up an international body to settle future disputes between countries

This set the scene for the establishment of the United Nations

When was the Yalta Conference?

February 1945

What was agreed about Germany at Yalta? (2)

When defeated, it would be reduced in size, divided into four zones between France, the Soviet Union, the USA and Britain, and demilitarised

It would also have to pay reparations

What was agreed about Europe at Yalta? (2)

It would be rebuilt along the lines of the Atlantic Charter (lines of transport and trade)

Countries would have democratic elections meaning they would have the right to pick their own government

What was agreed about international relations at Yalta ?

The United Nations would be set up

What was reaffirmed by the Soviet Union at Yalta?

They would declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated

What was agreed about Poland at Yalta?

It would be in the Soviet “sphere of influence”, but would be run on a broader democratic basis

When was the Potsdam Conference?

July - August 1945

Who replaced Roosevelt as President of the USA and attended the Postdam conference? (2)

Harry S. Truman

He was a hard-line anti-communist who made his opinions very clear during Potsdam

Who replaced Winston Churchill as Prime Minister and attended the Potsdam conference?

Clement Attlee

Why were tensions high during Potsdam? (3)

Stalin and Truman’s ideological differneces were apparant

Truman revealed the successful testing of his atomic bomb

Although Stalin already knew of this due to his spies, he still complained about the secrecy between supposed allies

What was set up at Potsdam?

A Council of Foreign Ministers to organise the rebuilding of Europe

Which party was banned and prosecuted after Potsdam?

The Nazi Party and war criminals

What was reaffirmed about Germany at Potsdam?

It was to be reduced in size and divided into four zones of occupation run by Britain, France, the USA and the Soviet Union

What was agreed about Berlin?

It was to be divided into zones of occupation controlled by the four Allied powers: USA, Soviet Union, Britain, and France.

What were the outcomes of the conferences?

Although Britain, the USA and the Soviet Union were able to defeat Germany and Japan, their differing ideologies and post-war goals led to increasing tensions and, eventually, the Cold War

A superpower (3)

An extremely powerful and influential country

It has political, economic and military power far greater than other countries

The two superpowers were the USA and the USSR

The Cold War (2)

A period of tension and rivarly between the US and the USSR and their respective allies

There was no direct military conflict between the superpowers, only political