WW2 alliances Flashcards
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Communist leader of Russia
Who was Winston Churchill?
Prime minister of Britain
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
President of the USA
Despite their different ideologies the USA, USSR and Britain were allies toward the end of WW2 what was Hitler’s to them?
Their common enemy -Britain and the USA had been fighting the nazis in Western Europe and North Africa
-the USSR had been fighting the nazis in the east
When was WW2?
1939-1945
What happened in may 1945 to both sides USSR and Britain + USA who had been fighting the nazis?
They defeated the nazis and reached Berlin
What happened after the Russian revolution in 1917?
There was a civil
What happened during the civil war?
The USA and Britain sent troops to fight against the communists
What did fear of communism create in the USA in the 1920s? And what did they do to immigrants?
Red scare
- immigrants who were sent to the USA had radical political views they were arrested harassed and often deported
Before WW2 what policy did Britain follow and what did it cause Hitler to do?
Appeasement (negotiation and compromise)
- which encouraged hitler to take more aggressive actions as he could see he could get away with invading other countries (Czechoslovakia) Stalin was unhappy to see Germany grow in power
What did Stalin sign in 1939?
He was worried about the power of hitler so signed the nazi soviet pact. Germany and Russia were now allies
In 1941 who did hitler invade?
Russia
In 1941 who did Japan attack?
The USA at pearl harbour the USA entered the war against the Japanese and Germans
In 1943 what conference was there and what did Churchill and Stalin clash over?
Tehran conference Stalin and Churchhill clashed over how much control Stalin would have over the countries of Eastern Europe when the war was over Stalin had also refused to join the United Nations
