The Yalta conference

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Why did Churchill and Roosevelt travel to Yalta in February 1945?

To talk to Stalin.

What decisions were made at the Yalta conference?

Important decisions about Europe's future
- countries which the Red Amry had invaded would belong to Soviet Union
- also agreed to Stalin's annextion of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and east POland
- As compensation Poland was given part of Germany
-Allies would occupy rest of Europe with each its own zone.

What was the atmosphere Potsdam conference?

icy
- Truman did not trust Stalin at all. In Yalta he promised to organise elections for Poland
- Truman also told that US was making new superiour weapon , the atom bomb- Stalin thought he was trying to intimidate him
- Conference failed and they never met again
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In which two blocs was a large part of the world divided?

The Eastern bloc under the leadership of the Soviet Union
The West underr the leadership of the US.

What kind of policy did the Americans maintain during cold war?

a policy of cotainment. They offered political and economic support to countries they tought were being threatened by commuism. If communism was unabble to spread, it woul eventually fail, according to Truman.  He announced this containment policy in 1947.

What did Stalin do in June 1948 with Berlin?

Het blocked off the road to West Berlin. IN this way he hoped to control the entire city.

How did the Americans react?

At first, it looked like the Americans would use violence but they decided to supply West Berlin bby air. Stalin did nothing about the air lift. In may 1949, helifted the blockade.

What kind of pact had the US and Western Europe made together a few weeks earlier?

A military pact: the North Atlatic Treaty Orgnisation ( NATO)  SHotly after this, wester occupation zones were merged and the West Germans were given their won state: The Federal Republic of Germany.

What was founded in the Soviet one?

the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). A counterpart of NATO was founded: the Warsaw Pact. This completed block formation in Europe. They were now divided by an impenetrable border: the Iron Curtain.

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