Flashcard: Post-War Europe and Cold War Foundations — 20 carte

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