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Cold War Beginnings: The Yalta Agreement and the Iron Curtain

Explore the turbulent start of the Cold War from 1945 to 1990 as the Superpowers clash in Europe. Learn about the Yalta Conference, the division of Germany, the Iron Curtain, and the rise of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. Follow the tense relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union through key events like the Potsdam Conference. Dive into the impact on politics, democracy, and the struggle for power during this critical period of history.

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Cold War Beginnings: The Yalta Agreement and the Iron Curtain

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  1. Two Superpowers Face Off The Start of the Cold War 1945-1990

  2. The Victorious Allies! (1945) • U.S. Army marched east • Russian Army marched west • They meet in Germany as friends • They had defeated a common enemy

  3. YALTA Conference [Feb 1945] Churchill Roosevelt Stalin

  4. Yalta Conference[Feb 1945] • “Big Three” agree to divide Germany into zones of occupation • Stalin: • promised “free” elections for eastern countries • Agreed to join war against Japan

  5. U.S.ASoviet Union • Deaths: 400,000 25,000,000 • Damage: little/no Cities destroyed • GOALS: • Political-Democracy Communism • Germany- Unite Germany Keep it divided • Europe- Rebuild it Control Eastern Europe

  6. Potsdam July 1945 • FDR died in April 1945 • Truman, Churchill, Stalin • Truman pushed for FREE elections in Eastern Europe

  7. Soviets Want a Buffer Zone

  8. A Wall of Satellite Nations • Stalin ignores agreement at Yalta • No free elections are held • Communist Governments are forced in place in 7 countries. • Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, and Yugoslavia

  9. East and West are Divided • Stalin claims: [Jan 1946] • “Communism and Capitalism could not exist in same world. War was inevitable” • Churchill claims[March 1946] • “An IRON CURTAIN has descended across the continent…..all are subject….to an increasing measure of Soviet control.”

  10. The IRON CURTAIN

  11. Cartoon Analysis

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