The Origins of the Cold War 1941-49
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- Tehran - 28 November through 1 December 1943 - Roosevelt, Stalin Churchill
- Yalta - 4 through 11 February 1945 - - Roosevelt, Stalin Churchill
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Churchill & Roosevelt - 18 through 25 June 1942 (Washington) - The Second Front & The Atomic Bomb Stalin's Paranoia C The Big Three at Yalta 
hurchill & Stalin - 12 through 15 August 1942 (Moscow) - The Second Front and Torch Stalin's Paranoia Churchill and the balance of Power 1943 - The War Casablanca - 14 through 25 January 1943 - Churchill & Roosevelt Cairo - 22 through 26 November 1943 - Roosevelt, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek Tehran - 28 November through 1 December 1943 - Roosevelt, Stalin & Churchill Cairo - 3 through 6 December 1943 - Roosevelt & Churchill 1944/45 - The War & The Peace Bretton Woods - 1 through 22 July 1944 The Bretton Woods agreements of July 1944, which established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, had marked the first major attempt by the United States to restructure the world economy. The concept of "economic security"-interdependence serving U.S. security-was a driving force behind wartime planning. A State Department memorandum of February 1944 on U.S. commercial policies, for instance, argued that, without an agreement liberalizing trade, the postwar period would "witness a revival, in more intense from, of internal economic warfare which characterized the twenties and thirties." Freer trade served U.S. strategic objectives:…20 Quebec - 11 through 19 September 1944 - Roosevelt & Churchill Hyde Park - September 18, 1944 - The Atomic Bomb Moscow - 9 through 20 October 1944 - Churchill & Stalin Yalta - 4 through 11 February 1945 - - Roosevelt, Stalin & Churchill The Nature of the Agreement - Poland, Liberated Europe, Germany, the Far East, and the United Nations. - The attempt to address the security needs of the Soviet Union, create a balance of power, establish a workable international system. Roosevelt’s Domestic Issues I The Big Three at Potsdam 
n his dealings with the Kremlin, however, Roosevelt felt it imperative to cloak his concessions in the ambiguous language of the Declaration on Liberated Europe. In this way he hoped to satisfy Stalin without disappointing domestic constituencies whose support he still needed for many legislative enactments, including American participation in the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Paradoxically, then, Roosevelt’s carefully concealed concessions were prompted by a desire to cooperate with the Kremlin, by a recognition of Soviet preponderance in Eastern Europe, and by a desire to ensure active American participation in world affairs, which, if necessary, could take the direction of the containment of Soviet power.21 1945 - The Post-War World (Roosevelt's Death - April 12, 1945) Potsdam - 17 July through 2 August 1945 – Truman, Churchill (Atlee – Replaces Churchill during the Summit) & Stalin Going to Potsdam, Stalin had two ideas in mind: a new war should be prevented, and the Soviet Union should get its rightful share of the spheres of influence, that is, the outer belt of security. The United States and Great Britain had to pay for the enormous Soviet war effort. A Download 4.26 Mb. Share with your friends:
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