US, British and USSR relations in 1945 4

the breakdown of the Grand Alliance at Potsdam~

why did relations between grand alliance start to deteriorate after and because of Yalta

disagreement on the declaration on liberated Europe and how it should be interpreted and how declaration on liberated Europe should be applied to Poland

when was the Potsdam conference

17th July to 1st august 1945

who was at the Potsdam conference

Truman, Atlee and Stalin

what had changed between the dynamics of the different leaders from Yalta to Potsdam

Stalin has less of a relationship with Atlee and Truman

Truman was much more suspicious of Stalin than Roosevelt and favored confrontation over cooperation

Atlee also was concerned with Stalin’s aim of expanding soviet rule in Russia

Stalin increasingly viewed the USA as untrustworthy and a rival for control of Europe, with Trumans aggressive approach backfiring and increasing tension between USA and Ussr

what important events had happened between Yalta and Potsdam increasing tension between the alliance

16th July - first detonation of an atomic bomb (trinity test)

soviet red army now occupied most of eastern europe

WW2 over

Truman now felt as of he didn’t need USSR to win war in Asia

holocaust also becoming increasingly public knowledge

what were the 4 D’s agreed for Germany at Potsdam

demilitarization

De Nazification

De centralization

Democratization

what were the agreements made for the economic future of Germany at Potsdam

Germany was to be a single economic unit

what other agreements were made to do with USSR at Potsdam

receive reparation from the soviet occupied zone in Germany + 25% from all western occupied zones

what agreements were made at potsdam.

USSR was to receive reparation from the soviet occupied zone in Germany + 25% from all western occupied zones

Germany was to be a single economic unit

demilitarization, De Nazification, De centralization and Democratization of Germany

what tensions and problems remain after Potsdam

USAs use of the atomic bomb and withdrawal of information on this from the USSR

Stalin now believed time for cooperation was over

no real agreement on Germanys long term future

no further agreements on eastern Europe

suspicious about USA’s aims

Atlee now sees anti communism as a key part of British foreign policy