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COLD WAR
ATLANTIC CHARTER
14 AUGUST 1941
• Statement issued that set out the American and British goals for the world after
WW2
IMPACT OF ATLANTIC CHARTER
• Nations agreed à this established communality of purpose
• First step towards UN
• Potential beginning of alliance
THEREAN MEETING
28 NOV 1943
USA – Franklin D Roosevelt
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain– Whinston Churchill
à met to discuss strategies for winning WW2 (discuss potential terms for a peace
settlement)
IMPACT OF THEREAN MEETING
• Operation Overload which was the evasion of France
• First talks surrounding creation of UN
• Spoke about potential division of post war Germany (divided into 2 parts)
YALTA CONFERENCE
4-11 FEB 1945
USA – Franklin D Roosevelt
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain– Whinston Churchill
à met to discuss the final strategies for the almost defeated Germany
à agreements for post war Germany
ISSUE DESCISION
The defeated Germany • Germany divided into 4 zones
• Berlin divided into 4 zones
• Germany must pay reparations
• War criminals must be punished
Countries formally Free elections
occupied by Germany
Maintaining peace in the Set up the UN (united nations) à their main goal is to
world maintain peace in the world
, 2
MAJOR OUTCOMES OF YALTA
Germany / Berlin splitting up into 4 zones
POTENTIAL UNDERLYING PROBLEMS OF YALTA
• USA’s view of democracy would mean that their area of Europe would have
freedom of speech and elections
• USSR view of communism means their area will be run by communist party that
represents the good of the people and they will work for the good of the nation
• This will eventually lead to mistrust and suspicion
• And the never-ending battle of ideologies
CHANGES BETWEEN YALTA AND POTSDAM
USA: Roosevelt died à replaced by Truman
Truman was very anti communist
GREAT BRITAIN: Churchills consecutive party was defeated à replaced by Clement
Atlee
USSR: they liberated Eastern Europe from communism
à they started putting in sympathetic governments in these countries
sympathetic governments – a government that is on your side ideologically
Stalin did not let these countries have free elections like they discussed at Yalta
• The night before Potsdam , Truman told Stalin that the USA had successfully
tested nuclear weapons
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
17 JULY – 6 AUG 1945
USA – Truman
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain – Atlee
à main objective for this meeting was to finalise the post – war settlement and put into
action all the things agreed upon at Yalta
AGREEMENTS
• Nazi party would be banned
• Germany de – Nazified and the war crime trials must be held
• Agreed Germany would be split into 4
àEach country will take reparations from their own zone
DISAGREEMENTS
• Disagreement over Germany
à Stalin wanted to cripple it to prevent future threat and USA wants to help it
recover
RESULTS
• USA and USSR was superpowers after World War II
COLD WAR
ATLANTIC CHARTER
14 AUGUST 1941
• Statement issued that set out the American and British goals for the world after
WW2
IMPACT OF ATLANTIC CHARTER
• Nations agreed à this established communality of purpose
• First step towards UN
• Potential beginning of alliance
THEREAN MEETING
28 NOV 1943
USA – Franklin D Roosevelt
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain– Whinston Churchill
à met to discuss strategies for winning WW2 (discuss potential terms for a peace
settlement)
IMPACT OF THEREAN MEETING
• Operation Overload which was the evasion of France
• First talks surrounding creation of UN
• Spoke about potential division of post war Germany (divided into 2 parts)
YALTA CONFERENCE
4-11 FEB 1945
USA – Franklin D Roosevelt
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain– Whinston Churchill
à met to discuss the final strategies for the almost defeated Germany
à agreements for post war Germany
ISSUE DESCISION
The defeated Germany • Germany divided into 4 zones
• Berlin divided into 4 zones
• Germany must pay reparations
• War criminals must be punished
Countries formally Free elections
occupied by Germany
Maintaining peace in the Set up the UN (united nations) à their main goal is to
world maintain peace in the world
, 2
MAJOR OUTCOMES OF YALTA
Germany / Berlin splitting up into 4 zones
POTENTIAL UNDERLYING PROBLEMS OF YALTA
• USA’s view of democracy would mean that their area of Europe would have
freedom of speech and elections
• USSR view of communism means their area will be run by communist party that
represents the good of the people and they will work for the good of the nation
• This will eventually lead to mistrust and suspicion
• And the never-ending battle of ideologies
CHANGES BETWEEN YALTA AND POTSDAM
USA: Roosevelt died à replaced by Truman
Truman was very anti communist
GREAT BRITAIN: Churchills consecutive party was defeated à replaced by Clement
Atlee
USSR: they liberated Eastern Europe from communism
à they started putting in sympathetic governments in these countries
sympathetic governments – a government that is on your side ideologically
Stalin did not let these countries have free elections like they discussed at Yalta
• The night before Potsdam , Truman told Stalin that the USA had successfully
tested nuclear weapons
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
17 JULY – 6 AUG 1945
USA – Truman
USSR – Stalin
Great Britain – Atlee
à main objective for this meeting was to finalise the post – war settlement and put into
action all the things agreed upon at Yalta
AGREEMENTS
• Nazi party would be banned
• Germany de – Nazified and the war crime trials must be held
• Agreed Germany would be split into 4
àEach country will take reparations from their own zone
DISAGREEMENTS
• Disagreement over Germany
à Stalin wanted to cripple it to prevent future threat and USA wants to help it
recover
RESULTS
• USA and USSR was superpowers after World War II
