history cold war #1
on what dates were the atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki
6th and 9th august 1945
which three leaders met at yalta and potsdam and what were the dates of the meeting?
yalta-feb 1945 churchill,roosevelt and stalin, potsdam july 1945 atlee, truman and stalin
why was poland a source of dissagreement at both conferences
stalin wanted it to be communist,and wanted to use it as a buffer zone , the west wanted it to be a democracy
name three reasons why the dropping of the atomic bomb upset stalin?
power, secrecy and involvment in the war in japan
what was agreeed upon about germany at the conferences
germany would be divided up into 4 zones of occupation (yalta).Reparations and disarmament at potsdam
ehat is chruchills fulton speech infamous for
the iron curtain speech
define the policy of containment
a policy to limit the spead of communism throughout the world through rollback and appeasement.
how much money did the marshall plan give europe
$17 billion
which country recieved the most money
the uk 26%
how did stalin refer to the marshall plan
dollar imperialism
name the three policies that stalin put in place to combat the marshall aid
the molotov plan,comecon,comiform
which did stalin blockade berlin and when did it end
24th june 1948 and the 12th may 1949
on average,how often did a c-47 supply plane land in berlin
every 3 minutes
which two organisations were set up once this blockade ended
nato 1949 and the warsaw pact 1955
when did the ussr detonate its first atomic bomb
august 1949