·
Why did a cold wa r breakout after WWII ?
1) During WWIl the US & USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Repubid) we re allies fighting against Nazi
Germany
2) By 1945 ,
the US & USSR we re the world's superpowers & the defeat of Germany n ow exposed Key Ideological beliefs
USA : USSR :
Capitalist Communist the state
-
Business & all owned &
:
property privately owned :
industry wa s
by
-
we re run
Democracy its government One
party dictatorship. Elections but all candidates belonged to the
-
free held
-
: wa s chosen in were
democracy elections communist
party
-
It wa s the world's wealthiest country
.
In m o s t It was an economic superpower because its
industry had rapidly in the 1920s &
grown
capitalist countries ,
there were extremes -
some people 1930s but ,
in
general Standard living in the USSR wa s much lower than in the USA.
we re
very wealthy while others we re
very poor Unemployment wa s r a re & extreme
poverty was r a re r than in the USA
Which image of the Yalta conference is correct?
Photos of the Yalta conference , February 1945 ,
with Churchill Roosevelt & Stalin
,
can
suggest a variety of outcomes .
The conference agreement
·
saw little cooperation or
There was close co-operation & plenty agreed
There we re divisions
emerging especially between
,
western leaders & Stalin
, Agreements at Yalta :
Japan : Stalin agreed to enter the wa r
against Japan once
Germany had surrended
Germany :
They agreed that
Germany would be divided into four Zones : American ,
French
,
British & Soviet
Elections They agreed liberated from occupation by the German the
that as countries were
they would be allowed to hold free elections to choose
:
army ,
government they wanted
United Nations the
big three to join
: the new UN organisation ,
which would aim to keep peace after the wa r
War criminals The three punish criminals who responsible for genocide
:
big would wa r we re
Eastern Europe : The
big three agreed that the eastern Europe should be seen as 'Soviet Sphere of Influence' The Soviet Union
Suffered terribly in the wa r
, losing
-
20 million Soviets Stalin was concerned about future security of the USSR
Disagreements at Yalta
-disagreements ove r Polish border and the movement Westwards of the lines
Stalin wanted the border of the USSR to m ove westwards into Poland
Churchil didn't approve but knew there wasn't much could do
they
p87 Sources-IGCSE
History
Source 5 :
'They will n eve r accept the idea that so
great a space should be red
,
n eve r never
,
!
disagreement & mistrust of Roosevelt & Churchil to Stalin
Source 6 'I have
always
: worked for friendship with Russia but like I
you , feel deep
,
anxiety because of their misinterpretation of the Yalta decisions s ...
Churchill mistrust towards stalin
Source 7: 'Perhaps think that just because we a re allies of the English we have
forgotten who they & who Churchill is .
you are
Stalin's mistrust towards Churchill
Source 8 : 'The Soviet Union has become a
danger to the free world .
Churchill writing to Roosevelt to express Suspicion towards Stalin
Source 9 : 'While Stalin behaved with relative discretion with Roosevelt, he continually teased Churchill throughout the wa r !
Stalin respects Roosevelt Stalin ,
is
suspicious of Churchill
, The Potsdam Conference :
·
In May 1945 three months after the Yalta conference the
, ,
wa r in Europe wa s wo n
·
The allied leaders met 1945
in
July
·
The allied leaders were Stalin Atlee and Truman .
,
Disagreements at Potsdam :
Stalin threats Truman did not want
wanted to cripple Germany to protect the USSR against future repeat mistake of
Treaty of Versailles .
·
.
to the
Reparations Stalin wanted
Germany
·
: enormous economic reparations from as compensations for the destruction wrought in the Soviet Union . Truman
disagreed insisting ,
that reparations should be exacted by the
occupying powers only from their ow n occupation zone .
Agreements at Potsdam :
Germany would Americans British , French & Soviets well Berlin be divided into four of occupation
·
be occupied by , ,
as as zones
Germany would be demilitarised & disarmed .
·
German industry capable of being used for military purposes was to be dismantled & the defeated country's educational and judicial systems
to be
purged of Nazi influence .
·
Nazi racial laws & other legislation we re to be repealed & wa r criminals tried & punished .
·
German society wa s to be reshaped on democratic lines , in the meantime , Germany would be run
by the four occupying powers.
Poland for its Germany (Borders
·
: in exchange territory lost to the Soviet Union
,
Poland wa s to be compensated in the west by large a re a s of
were moved west)
Why did a cold wa r breakout after WWII ?
1) During WWIl the US & USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Repubid) we re allies fighting against Nazi
Germany
2) By 1945 ,
the US & USSR we re the world's superpowers & the defeat of Germany n ow exposed Key Ideological beliefs
USA : USSR :
Capitalist Communist the state
-
Business & all owned &
:
property privately owned :
industry wa s
by
-
we re run
Democracy its government One
party dictatorship. Elections but all candidates belonged to the
-
free held
-
: wa s chosen in were
democracy elections communist
party
-
It wa s the world's wealthiest country
.
In m o s t It was an economic superpower because its
industry had rapidly in the 1920s &
grown
capitalist countries ,
there were extremes -
some people 1930s but ,
in
general Standard living in the USSR wa s much lower than in the USA.
we re
very wealthy while others we re
very poor Unemployment wa s r a re & extreme
poverty was r a re r than in the USA
Which image of the Yalta conference is correct?
Photos of the Yalta conference , February 1945 ,
with Churchill Roosevelt & Stalin
,
can
suggest a variety of outcomes .
The conference agreement
·
saw little cooperation or
There was close co-operation & plenty agreed
There we re divisions
emerging especially between
,
western leaders & Stalin
, Agreements at Yalta :
Japan : Stalin agreed to enter the wa r
against Japan once
Germany had surrended
Germany :
They agreed that
Germany would be divided into four Zones : American ,
French
,
British & Soviet
Elections They agreed liberated from occupation by the German the
that as countries were
they would be allowed to hold free elections to choose
:
army ,
government they wanted
United Nations the
big three to join
: the new UN organisation ,
which would aim to keep peace after the wa r
War criminals The three punish criminals who responsible for genocide
:
big would wa r we re
Eastern Europe : The
big three agreed that the eastern Europe should be seen as 'Soviet Sphere of Influence' The Soviet Union
Suffered terribly in the wa r
, losing
-
20 million Soviets Stalin was concerned about future security of the USSR
Disagreements at Yalta
-disagreements ove r Polish border and the movement Westwards of the lines
Stalin wanted the border of the USSR to m ove westwards into Poland
Churchil didn't approve but knew there wasn't much could do
they
p87 Sources-IGCSE
History
Source 5 :
'They will n eve r accept the idea that so
great a space should be red
,
n eve r never
,
!
disagreement & mistrust of Roosevelt & Churchil to Stalin
Source 6 'I have
always
: worked for friendship with Russia but like I
you , feel deep
,
anxiety because of their misinterpretation of the Yalta decisions s ...
Churchill mistrust towards stalin
Source 7: 'Perhaps think that just because we a re allies of the English we have
forgotten who they & who Churchill is .
you are
Stalin's mistrust towards Churchill
Source 8 : 'The Soviet Union has become a
danger to the free world .
Churchill writing to Roosevelt to express Suspicion towards Stalin
Source 9 : 'While Stalin behaved with relative discretion with Roosevelt, he continually teased Churchill throughout the wa r !
Stalin respects Roosevelt Stalin ,
is
suspicious of Churchill
, The Potsdam Conference :
·
In May 1945 three months after the Yalta conference the
, ,
wa r in Europe wa s wo n
·
The allied leaders met 1945
in
July
·
The allied leaders were Stalin Atlee and Truman .
,
Disagreements at Potsdam :
Stalin threats Truman did not want
wanted to cripple Germany to protect the USSR against future repeat mistake of
Treaty of Versailles .
·
.
to the
Reparations Stalin wanted
Germany
·
: enormous economic reparations from as compensations for the destruction wrought in the Soviet Union . Truman
disagreed insisting ,
that reparations should be exacted by the
occupying powers only from their ow n occupation zone .
Agreements at Potsdam :
Germany would Americans British , French & Soviets well Berlin be divided into four of occupation
·
be occupied by , ,
as as zones
Germany would be demilitarised & disarmed .
·
German industry capable of being used for military purposes was to be dismantled & the defeated country's educational and judicial systems
to be
purged of Nazi influence .
·
Nazi racial laws & other legislation we re to be repealed & wa r criminals tried & punished .
·
German society wa s to be reshaped on democratic lines , in the meantime , Germany would be run
by the four occupying powers.
Poland for its Germany (Borders
·
: in exchange territory lost to the Soviet Union
,
Poland wa s to be compensated in the west by large a re a s of
were moved west)
