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GCSE History Cold War Revision Guide PDF - Key Dates & Superpower Relations

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GCSE History Cold War Revision Guide PDF - Key Dates & Superpower Relations

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Paper 2A - Superpower Relations
Soviet Union
Stalin
United States Roosevelt
1940
ADMITTANCE
EUROP
1945
NARTY ORDER
Year 11 GCSE History
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Major Wartime Conferences

This page focuses on three pivotal conferences between Allied leaders during and immediately after World War II: Tehran (1943), Yalta (1945), and Potsdam (1945).

The Tehran Conference in November 1943 involved Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Key outcomes included:

Agreement on a Western Front to support Soviet efforts in the East
Soviet promise to declare war on Japan after Germany's defeat
Plans to keep Germany weak after the war
Proposal for an international organization to settle disputes (later the UN)

The Yalta Conference in February 1945 resulted in:

Division of Germany into four occupied zones
Agreement on German reparations, with half going to the Soviet Union
Establishment of the United Nations
Stalin's promise of free elections in Eastern Europe

The Potsdam Conference in July-August 1945 saw rising tensions:

Germany and Berlin divided into four zones
Disagreements over reparations and the administration of occupied territories
Growing mistrust due to the US atomic bomb and Soviet actions in Eastern Europe

Vocabulary: Reparations refers to compensation paid by a defeated country for damage or injury during a war.

Highlight: The outcomes of these conferences laid the groundwork for post-war tensions and the emerging Cold War divide between East and West.

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Atomic Weapons and Escalating Tensions

This page discusses the development and impact of atomic weapons on Cold War tensions in 1945-46.

Key points include:

The US developed and used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing 120,000 Japanese civilians
This demonstration of power increased Soviet determination to expand influence in Eastern Europe as a buffer zone
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in August 1949
By 1964, Britain, France, and China had also developed nuclear weapons
The proliferation of atomic weapons capable of killing millions escalated the arms race between superpowers

Quote: "Both sides now had weapons capable of killing millions"

Highlight: The development of atomic weapons fundamentally changed the nature of superpower relations and global security dynamics.

The page emphasizes how the advent of nuclear weapons heightened tensions and fears on both sides, contributing to the intensification of the Cold War and the arms race that would define much of the following decades.

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Early Tensions Between East and West

This page outlines the key causes of tension between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War.

The main reasons for increasing tensions included:

Ideological differences between capitalist democracies and communist single-party states
Conflicting personalities and goals of leaders like Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
The emergence of the US and USSR as new global superpowers
Lingering mistrust between members of the wartime Grand Alliance
Disagreements at major conferences shaping the post-war world order

Definition: The Grand Alliance refers to the wartime coalition between the US, UK, and Soviet Union against Nazi Germany and Japan.

Highlight: While united against a common enemy during World War II, fundamental ideological and political differences remained between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.

The page provides a detailed comparison of the political, economic, and social systems of capitalist countries like the US and UK versus the communist Soviet Union. It also gives brief profiles of key leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, highlighting their differing beliefs and approaches.

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GCSE History Cold War Revision Guide PDF - Key Dates & Superpower Relations

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Major Wartime Conferences

This page focuses on three pivotal conferences between Allied leaders during and immediately after World War II: Tehran (1943), Yalta (1945), and Potsdam (1945).

The Tehran Conference in November 1943 involved Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Key outcomes included:

Agreement on a Western Front to support Soviet efforts in the East
Soviet promise to declare war on Japan after Germany's defeat
Plans to keep Germany weak after the war
Proposal for an international organization to settle disputes (later the UN)

The Yalta Conference in February 1945 resulted in:

Division of Germany into four occupied zones
Agreement on German reparations, with half going to the Soviet Union
Establishment of the United Nations
Stalin's promise of free elections in Eastern Europe

The Potsdam Conference in July-August 1945 saw rising tensions:

Germany and Berlin divided into four zones
Disagreements over reparations and the administration of occupied territories
Growing mistrust due to the US atomic bomb and Soviet actions in Eastern Europe

Vocabulary: Reparations refers to compensation paid by a defeated country for damage or injury during a war.

Highlight: The outcomes of these conferences laid the groundwork for post-war tensions and the emerging Cold War divide between East and West.

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Atomic Weapons and Escalating Tensions

This page discusses the development and impact of atomic weapons on Cold War tensions in 1945-46.

Key points include:

The US developed and used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing 120,000 Japanese civilians
This demonstration of power increased Soviet determination to expand influence in Eastern Europe as a buffer zone
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in August 1949
By 1964, Britain, France, and China had also developed nuclear weapons
The proliferation of atomic weapons capable of killing millions escalated the arms race between superpowers

Quote: "Both sides now had weapons capable of killing millions"

Highlight: The development of atomic weapons fundamentally changed the nature of superpower relations and global security dynamics.

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Early Tensions Between East and West

This page outlines the key causes of tension between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War.

The main reasons for increasing tensions included:

Ideological differences between capitalist democracies and communist single-party states
Conflicting personalities and goals of leaders like Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
The emergence of the US and USSR as new global superpowers
Lingering mistrust between members of the wartime Grand Alliance
Disagreements at major conferences shaping the post-war world order

Definition: The Grand Alliance refers to the wartime coalition between the US, UK, and Soviet Union against Nazi Germany and Japan.

Highlight: While united against a common enemy during World War II, fundamental ideological and political differences remained between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.