Yalta Conference — purpose?
Decided post-war Europe and UN creation
Big Three — members?
US, USSR, UK
Zones of Occupation — Germany?
Divided into US, USSR, UK, France zones
Demilitarization — goal?
Reduce Germany’s military capabilities
Denazification — aim?
Remove Nazi influence from society
UN Creation — purpose?
Foster global cooperation and peace
Post-war border issues — unresolved?
Borders between USSR and Poland, reparations
Potsdam Conference — leaders?
Truman and Attlee
Germany division — how?
Into four occupation zones
Berlin — division?
Into four sectors, despite location in USSR zone
Reparations — disputes?
Stalin wanted more, US and UK refused
Nazi leaders — prosecuted?
Yes, for war crimes and denazification
Austria — division?
Into four zones, like Germany
Cold War — start?
Post-Walta, with ideological and territorial splits
Iron Curtain — metaphor?
Division between East (communist) and West (democratic) Europe
Truman Doctrine — aim?
Contain communism through support to free nations
Marshall Plan — purpose?
Economic aid to rebuild Europe and prevent communism
Berlin Blockade — cause?
Soviet attempt to force Western withdrawal from Berlin
Airlift — duration?
318 days of supplying West Berlin by air
Korean War — start?
North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950
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1. What was the primary feature of the Yalta Conference that aimed to shape post-war international relations?
2. What was a key characteristic of the post-war arrangements established at Potsdam?
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