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what was Russia's aim during the cold war?
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To spread communism and make a 'Buffer zone'
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Who were the main countries in the cold war?
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USA,USSR and Britain
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Why was the USSR suspicious of the USA?
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-didnt like communism
-USA didnt tell the USSR about nuclear bomb |
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Why was the USA suspicious of the USSR?
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-USSR was trying to spread communism
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When was the Yalta conference and what was agreed?
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February 1945.managed to agree to split Germany into four zones of occupation, and to allow free elections in Eastern European countries
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When was the potsdam conference and what went wrong?
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July 1945: Germany had been defeated, Roosevelt had died and Churchill had lost the 1945 election - so there were open disagreements. Truman came away angry about the size of reparations and the fact that a communist government was being set up in Poland. Truman did not tell Stalin that he had the atomic bomb.
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France, Britain and USA united their zones to create west Germany, what year?
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1945
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What was the Berlin Blockade?
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When Stalin cut off all transport and supplies from West Berlin and West Germany. Supplies where flown over by Britian and USA planes.
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when was the Berlin Blockade abandoned?
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On 12 May 1949, Stalin abandoned the blockade.
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What were the Differences between USA and USSR?
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Politics - USA- capitalist, USSR- communist.
Lifestyle -USA had freedom and a two-party democracy; USSR had secret police and a one-party state. Aims - America wanted Germany to recover as a trading partner; Russia wanted to weaken Germany and create a buffer zone of friendly states around Russia. |
