The Potsdam Conference – Flashcards
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what year and month was the Potsdam conference?
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August 1945
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who were the leaders at this conference?
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Stalin, Truman and Attlee
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what had changed apart from the leaders?
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Stalin had expanded into EE and had set up a communist government in Poland
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what was the first agreement?
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to divide Germany and Berlin as previously agreed
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what was the second agreement?
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to demilitarise Germany
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what was the third agreement?
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to re-establish democracy in Germany including free elections, a free press and freedom of speech
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what was the fourth agreement?
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that Germany had to pay reparations to the allies in equipment and materials
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what was the fifth agreement?
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to ban the Nazi party
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what was the sixth agreement?
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to participate fully in the United Nations Organisation
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what was the seventh agreement?
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that Poland's frontier was to be moved westwards to the river Oder and Neisse
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what was the first disagreement?
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the amount of reparations - Stalin wanted more but Truman disagreed
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what was the second disagreement?
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about free elections - Truman wanted them, Stalin didn't
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what was the outcome of the Potsdam conference?
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relations between the USA and USSR worsened due to lack of trust and cooperation between the leaders. Both had different ideals.
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what made relations worse?
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the Americans successfully testing an atomic bomb. Stalin was not informed until the conference and was then furious he had not been consulted beforehand
