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Tehran Conference
Main focus was on defeating Germany. SECOND FRONT: UK/ USA agreed to invade FR and attack GER from the West.
POLISH BORDERS: PL borders would change from their pre-WWII position. USSR would gain large portion of East PL; PL would acquire large part of East GER to the 'Oder-Neisse' Line.
UNITED NATIONS: 'Big Three' agreed to create an international organisation to 'keep the peace' in the future. Happy Stalin (second front), Sad Churchill (no Balkan invasion) -
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E.Europe Invasion
The Red Army invades E. Europe.
Drives Nazis back to GER.
Left USSR in control in E.Europe. -
Germans leave Greece
German's leave Greece.
Fight to control in GR starts.
Communists v Royalists. -
Yalta Conference
Main focus was on WWII aftermath. GERMANY & BERLIN DIVIDED: Temp division into 4 'zones of occupation'. 'Big 3' + FR gain Berlin.
FREE ELECTIONS: GER occupied countries (FR, BEL, PL, CZ), allowed to choose leaders.
E.EUROPE: Would be USSR 'sphere of influence'.
UNITED NATIONS: Agreed to establish HQ in New York. Mixed feelings:
Happy Roosevelt/Churchill (Free elections)
Happy Stalin (Reparations)
No reparation agreement and still an issue w/ Poland. -
Potsdam Conference
Main focus was on what to do after WWII. GERMANY AND BERLIN DIVIDED: And demilitarized (army disbanded).
REPARATIONS: GR to pay mainly USSR, not in money but in kind.
DEMOCRATIC GERMANY: Free elections - timing not specified. Sad Truman (free elections), Sad Stalin (reparations) -
Hiroshima
Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
Nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. -
George Kennan's Long Telegram
George Kennan (US diplomat in Moscow) sends a telegram to Washington, painting bleak picture of USSR.
Claims:
* USSR want to destroy capitalism.
* Soviets believe non-USSR countries want to destroy communism.
* Soviets would back down if faced with US strength. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Speech accusing USSR of setting an 'Iron Curtain' up in Europe. -
Nikolai Novikov's Novikov Telegram
Nikolai Novikov (USSR diplomat in Washington) send a telegram to Moscow, painting negative picture of USA.
Claims:
* US wants to use military power to dominate world.
* US not interested w/ collab w/ USSR.
* Americans would support war against communism & USSR.