End of the War
This leader died in his bunker in Berlin.
Who is Adolf Hitler
This Conference took place in February 1945.
When was the Yalta Conference?
This man led the United Kingdom through most of World War Two
Who is Winston Churchill?
Said "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended"
Who is Winston Churchill?
This grouping was based on the principle of collective defence.
What is Nato?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This weapon was dropped twice on Japan to end the war in the Pacific.
What is the atomic bomb?
This Conference took place in July-August 1945.
When was Potsdam?
He spent much of his life in a wheelchair as a result of childhood polio and died in the closing stages of World War Two.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
To support his belief, he said: "One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions...free elections. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority"
Who is Harry S Truman?
This grouping was founded in May 1955 in reaction to West Germany acceding to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Troops from this country were the main force that attacked Berlin in 1945.
Things were super tense at this conference - with the US President informing Stalin of the development of a nuclear weapon. The Big Three also agreed to call for the unconditional surrender of Japan.
What is Potsdam?
He consolidated power by 1928 - dying in 1953. Sometimes referred to as the "Man of Steel"
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This leader demonstrated real politik tendancies with the quote: "Whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. It cannot be otherwise."
Who is Joseph Stalin
This belief is typified by: “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What is Containment?
This was the name of the coordinated effort lead by the United States to develop atomic weaponry
What is the Manhattan Project?
The first meeting between the leaders of the "Big Three". The US and UK agreed to open a second front in Europe at this meeting.
What is the Tehran Conference?
He took over British negotiations at the Potsdam Conference after winning the UK General Election.
Who is Clement Attlee?
In relation to this place, British General Lord Ismay said "Keep the Russians out, the Germans down and the Yanks in"
What is Berlin/West Germany?
About this, Truman said "it was a move to test our ability and our will to resist"
What is the Berlin Blockade?
A source of contention in the post war conferences - ultimately a decision was reached to take from occupied zones.
What are reparations?
Finalisation of the United Nations as well as membership of the Security Council was decided at this conference.
What is the Yalta Conference?
As the US Vice President, he wasn't aware of the United State's efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
Who is Harry Truman?
Asserted by the eponymous leader: “The United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.”
What is the Marshall Plan?
Introduced in June 1948, the name by which the new East German currency was referred to by those in West Germany.
What is the Ost-Mark?