Origins of the Cold War

When was the Tehran conference and what agreements were made

• November 1943

• It was agreed in principal that Poland would receive land from Germany and that the Soviet Union could keep land seized from Poland.

When was the Yalta conference and what agreements were made

• February 1945

• Germany would be split into four zones controlled by the USA,UK,France,and soviet union.

• United nations was to be set up

When was the Potsdam conference and what agreements were made

• july 1945

• Germany would be divided into four zones

• Berlin would be divided into four zones

What was the outcome of the Truman doctrine

The misson to contain communism and also the implementation of the marshal plan.

What were the details of the marshal plan

• The USA gave 12.7 Billion dollars of aid

what was the soviet response to “Dollar imperialism”

• Stalin saw the Marshal plan as a way of dividing europe into two

• creation of cominform

• creation of comecon

What was the purpose of Cominform

1947

to direct and control the governments of the satellite states

What was the purpose of Comecon

1949

to provide aid to communist countries in response to the marshal plan.

arranged trade and credit agreements.

When was Nato formed

1949

When was the Warsaw Pact formed

1955 - after West Berlin joined NATO

When was the Hungarian uprising and what were the events

• 1956

• Nagy announced Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact

• Khrushchev ordered a soviet invasion of 1000 Tanks in Budapest