Origins of the Cold War
An ideological belief in which wealth can be privately owned and there is freedom of speech.
What is capitalism?
An ideological belief in which wealth is owned and distributed by the government and the media is censored.
What is communism?
How did Churchill describe the Soviet bufferzone in a speech?
When France, Britain and USA combined their zones in Berlin and Germany.
What was Trizonia?
Organisation established in April 1949 to bond Western nations together in case of an attack.
What was NATO?
Hiroshima.
Where did the Americans drop the first atom bomb?
Stalin, Truman, Attlee.
Who attended the Potsdam conference?
The Soviet version of Marshall Aid.
What was Comecon?
324 days
How long did the airlift last?
What was the organisation established by the Soviets in response to NATO?
When did the Yalta conference take place?
$20 billion.
How much in reparations did the Allies take from Germany?
Any country facing subjugation by an armed minority will be helped by the United States.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
100 miles.
How far was Berlin located inside the Soviet zone?
The Federal Republic of Germany
What was the official name given to Trizonia in May 1949?
1949
What year did Stalin get the atom bomb?
July 1945
When did the Potsdam conference take place?
The Russians are determined to destroy the American way of life and will do everything they could to oppose America.
What was the message of the Long Telegram?
June 1948
When was Operation Vittles launched?
Became an independent state from the Soviets.
What happened to the GDR in 1955?
1914 and 1941.
What years had Russia been invaded by the Germans?
United Nations.
What organisation would be set up to promote world peace?
What was the Organisation for European Economic Coopoeration (OEEC)?
$1300 million
The West.
Who were seen as the 'victors' of the Blockade and airlift crisis?