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Unit 2: Change and conflict (The changing world order, 1945 onwards)
Quick questions on Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1949 (VCE Modern History Unit 2)
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What is yalta?Show answer
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin. Agreed on occupation zones in Germany, Soviet entry into the war against Japan, the establishment of the UN, and "free and unfettered" elections in Eastern Europe (an ambiguous commitment Stalin later disregarded).
What is potsdam?Show answer
Truman (replacing the deceased Roosevelt), Churchill (then Attlee mid-conference after British election), Stalin. Confirmed German occupation; reparations; trial of Nazi war criminals (Nuremberg, November 1945 - October 1946).
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