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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR. YALTA CONFERENCE. * FEBRUARY 4-11 1945. * CRIMEAN PENNINSULA. * CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, STALIN. YALTA CONFERENCE. YALTA AGREEMENTS. UN FREE ELECTIONS COALITION GOVERNMENT IN POLAND GERMANY – 4 ZONES. Soviet Gains. Polish Gains. Soviet Zone. US Zone.
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YALTA CONFERENCE * FEBRUARY 4-11 1945 * CRIMEAN PENNINSULA * CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, STALIN
YALTA AGREEMENTS • UN • FREE ELECTIONS • COALITION GOVERNMENT IN POLAND • GERMANY – 4 ZONES
Soviet Gains Polish Gains Soviet Zone US Zone British Zone French Zone
POTSDAM CONFERENCE • JULY 17 –AUGUST 2 1945 • OUTSIDE BERLIN • ATLEE, TRUMAN, STALIN
POTSDAM DISAGREEMENTS • SOVIETS REFUSE POLAND COALITION • ADJUST BORDER OF GERMANY AND POLAND • TRUMAN REFUSES SOVIET REPARATIONS FROM ALLIED ZONES
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE • INVADED BY GERMANY TWICE IN 27 YEARS • LOST IN WWI • ALMOST LOST WWII • WANT TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN
JOSEPH STALIN GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY 1922-1953
SOVIET DISTRUST • UP TO 40 MILLION KILLED IN WWII • ABOUT 100,000 US SOLDIER KILLED IN EUROPE • STALIN FEELS US DELAYED SECOND FRONT
WINSTON CHURCHILL PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN 1940-1945 1951-1955
IRON CURTAIN SPEECH • MARCH 5, 1946 • FULTON, MISSOURI • WINSTON CHURCHILL • TRIEST TO STETIN- AN IRON CURTAIN
CONTAINMENT • GEORGE F. KENNAN • STOP SPREAD OF COMMUNISM • THEORY-IF COMMUNISM CAN’T • GROW, IT WILL DIE
TRUMAN DOCTRINE • US SUPPORTANYONE FIGHTING COMMUNISM • $400 MILLION TO TURKEY AND GREECE • EXAMPLE OF CONTAINMENT
GEORGE C. MARSHALL SECRETARY OF STATE 1947-49
MARSHALL PLAN • GEORGE C. MARSHALL SECRETARY OF STATE • JUNE 1947 • ECONOMIC AID TO REBUILD EUROPE • $12 BILLION