1943 Tehran Conference
- 2nd front in France (Stalin happy, Churchill not(wanted it in Balkans))
- Plan for UN to deal with future wars
- USSR to help fight against Japan after VE Day
- Agreed that Germany will be weakened after war ends
1945 Yalta Conference
- More details for UN
- Germany will have to have denazification, reparations, zoning
- USSR to help fight Japan 3 months after VE Day
- Poland borders approved from last conference, Stalin said they’d have free
elections
- Stalin wanted Germany heavily weakened, Churchill and Roosevelt didn't
US atomic bomb testing
- Changed power dynamics, showed US had military and technology
advantage
- Sparked Arms Race (hydrogen bombs and space), USSR bomb in 1949
Potsdam Conference
- Change of personnel (Atlee and Truman), different relationship
- Agreed on zonation of Germany but economy would run as 1
- Truman complained about USSR control in EE especially Poland, he was
harsher due to significance of atomic bomb testing (Stalin wanted buffer
zone for USSR, Truman thought he was trying to spread Communism)
Kenan’s Long Telegram
1946
- From US diplomat
- Said that USSR wanted to spread communism but not to point of risk of
self-destruction, they were hostile to those outside of USSR
- US followed containment policy, increased military spending
Iron Curtain Speech
- Churchill said USSR was over controlling and isolating EE, it’s ‘lost’
- Talked of USSR as if they were a threat
- USSR increased anti-western propaganda and military spending
Novikov Telegram
- From Soviet diplomat in US
- Said US aimed for world domination and wanted to spread capitalism with
strong military, public would even support a war
- Stalin tightened grip on EE for buffer zone
- Grew military and its spending
1947 Truman Doctrine
- Said Communism relied on terror and oppression, should not grow
- Would give aid to countries fighting communism (like Greece and Turkey)
- End of isolationism
- 2nd front in France (Stalin happy, Churchill not(wanted it in Balkans))
- Plan for UN to deal with future wars
- USSR to help fight against Japan after VE Day
- Agreed that Germany will be weakened after war ends
1945 Yalta Conference
- More details for UN
- Germany will have to have denazification, reparations, zoning
- USSR to help fight Japan 3 months after VE Day
- Poland borders approved from last conference, Stalin said they’d have free
elections
- Stalin wanted Germany heavily weakened, Churchill and Roosevelt didn't
US atomic bomb testing
- Changed power dynamics, showed US had military and technology
advantage
- Sparked Arms Race (hydrogen bombs and space), USSR bomb in 1949
Potsdam Conference
- Change of personnel (Atlee and Truman), different relationship
- Agreed on zonation of Germany but economy would run as 1
- Truman complained about USSR control in EE especially Poland, he was
harsher due to significance of atomic bomb testing (Stalin wanted buffer
zone for USSR, Truman thought he was trying to spread Communism)
Kenan’s Long Telegram
1946
- From US diplomat
- Said that USSR wanted to spread communism but not to point of risk of
self-destruction, they were hostile to those outside of USSR
- US followed containment policy, increased military spending
Iron Curtain Speech
- Churchill said USSR was over controlling and isolating EE, it’s ‘lost’
- Talked of USSR as if they were a threat
- USSR increased anti-western propaganda and military spending
Novikov Telegram
- From Soviet diplomat in US
- Said US aimed for world domination and wanted to spread capitalism with
strong military, public would even support a war
- Stalin tightened grip on EE for buffer zone
- Grew military and its spending
1947 Truman Doctrine
- Said Communism relied on terror and oppression, should not grow
- Would give aid to countries fighting communism (like Greece and Turkey)
- End of isolationism
