WWII + Conference
Eastern Europe
Containment
Germany
Historiography
100
It took the USA and UK years to agree to finally do this.
What is Stalin's desire for a second front? (The USA and UK invading Western Europe, which would take pressure off the Soviets fight against Hitler in Eastern Europe and Russia).
100
It was inevitable, because they had tanks on the ground.
Why was it the Soviets who controlled Eastern Europe after WWII?
100
It meant giving $400 million to Turkey and Greece
What was the Truman Doctrine
100
The end of the war created a Soviet zone, US zone and British zone (and then a French zone added later).
What is division of Germany?
100
Called the Orthodox (sometimes the Traditional) school of thought
What is view that the Cold War was mostly the fault of the Soviet Union. (Their military and political moves in Easter Europe specifically).
200
When the Soviet army didn't enter the city, allowing the Nazis to crush the popular rebellion there.
What is the Warsaw Uprising? (By waiting, the Soviets could take over Warsaw, rather than enter the city already run by the Polish local leaders).
200
While they didn't lose as many men, they were able to push through France and into the center of Germany.
What part did the USA play in Germany's defeat?
200
It ended up being a total of $400 million dollars.
What is amount of the Truman Doctrine spent in Turkey and Greece (to keep them from falling to a communist insurgency in their countries).
200
The Allied Control Commission
What is the group coordinating the control of Germany after the war -- a committee with USA, UK, French and Soviet representatives.
200
Called the Revisionist school of thought
What is view of historians that the fault of the Cold War lies more with the United States than the Soviet Union (The USA was strong economically and tried to push that advantage across Europe and the world).
300
Where Truman confronted Stalin over broken promises (and tried to intimidate him with the newly acquired Nuclear Bomb)
What is the Potsdam conference.
300
Czechoslovakia is a prime example of this kind of activity by the Soviets.
What is the takeover of Eastern European governments - nationalizing industries, cancelling free elections, banning opposition parties.
300
16 Western European countries wanted it, but those in Eastern Europe were told by Staling not to take it.
What is the Marshall Plan.
300
Stalin's actions didn't come out of thin air - it was a direct response to the creation of the Deutsch Mark in the western sector.
What caused the Berlin Blockade?
300
Called the Post-Revisionist school of thought.
What is view by historians that either it was both of their faults (more specifically, that the real question isn't really about fault, but misunderstandings on both sides, long term ideological divisions, and a vacuum of power left over from Germany's defeat.)
400
The Yalta Conference
Where did the Big Three (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) plan the control of post-war Germany and elections in Eastern Europe.
400
It is the name of the speech given by Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri.
What is "The Iron Curtain" (saying that in Eastern Europe people were now living in Soviet domination, without, freedom and without the chance to leave.)
400
The amount of money spent on the Marshall Plan by the United States
What is $13 billion dollars
400
General Clay and the army wanted to run right through the barrier, but President Truman decided on this policy instead.
What is Berlin Airlift. (200,000 flights, 1.5 million tons of fuel, food and equipment)
400
The Vietnam era helped create this school of thought.
What is the Revisionist view.
500
It was here that the allies agreed to open a second front against Germany. Stalin also began his wire tapping of Roosevelt.
What is the Tehran Conference
500
It was called Comecon.
What was the economic alliance created by the Soviets in Eastern Europe as a response to the Marshall Plan?
500
George Kennan's Long Telegram
What is name of the document outlining the policy of containment? (arguing that the Soviets pose a huge threat to the US, but that war is not the answer. Containing them and making our people and allies happy and free was the way to win.)
500
The west called theirs NATO; the east called theirs the Warsaw Pact
What are the military alliances created after the Berlin Blockade. (NATO says an attack on one country is considered an attack on all).
500
Well after Vietnam and especially after the Soviet Union collapsed in the late 1980's, this school of thought emerged.
What is Post-Revisionism?
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