The Post-WWII Reparations Agreement

Which countries were part of the Grand Alliance during World War II?

What event marked the beginning of the Cold War between the Allies?

Which countries were attacking Germany from the west and the south during World War II?

Which country resented the actions of Britain and France for trying to prevent communist rule in Russia?

Which country made a peace treaty with Germany and dropped out of the First World War?

Which country sent forces to Russia to support the Bolshevik opponents?

Which country felt betrayed by Stalin's actions in signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Which country developed their own version of the atomic bomb just four years after the USA?

What effect did the development of the atomic bomb have on US-Soviet relations?

Why did the USA and the Soviet Union enter an arms race?

Which country wanted to secure its western border after the war?

Which country did not agree with Stalin's suggestion of giving all 16 Soviet republics individual membership in the United Nations?

Who wanted to open the second front in the Balkans instead of the West?

Which country was determined to keep the territory it had won between the Soviet border and Germany as a cushion against future invasions?

Which two countries met at the River Elbe in central Germany in 1945?

Why did Stalin want Soviet forces to enter Berlin before US forces?

What was the main cause of the deterioration of relations between the USA and the Soviet Union in 1945?

What ideology did the Soviet Union follow during the Grand Alliance?

Which country was not one of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council created in the Treaty of San Francisco?

Who was the newly elected prime minister of Britain during the Potsdam Conference?

Why did President Truman deliberately delay the date of the Potsdam Conference?

What was the major issue concerning Poland at the Potsdam Conference?

Which country controlled the poorest zone in Germany after World War II?

What was Truman's main objection to the Soviet Union's control over Eastern Europe?

What was the purpose of the atomic bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Why did Stalin want control of Eastern Europe after World War II?

Which of the following was a major reason for the breakdown of relations among Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at the end of World War II?

What did Stalin fear about the delay in opening a second front until 1944?

Why did the Western Allies keep the news of the atomic bombs secret from Stalin until the last moment?

What did the leaders of the Grand Alliance nations meet to discuss at the Tehran conference in 1943?

Which country was not occupied by the Soviet Red Army during World War II, allowing it to have more independence than other countries in Eastern Europe?

Which country did Stalin see as a threat to the buffer zone he was trying to establish in Eastern Europe, leading to the overthrow of its president and the establishment of a communist government?

Which country rebelled against German occupation in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II?

Which country was NOT one of the founding members of NATO in 1949?

Who played a major role in the formation of NATO?

What was the main purpose of NATO?

Which country did Winston Churchill visit in March 1946 to deliver a speech that increased tension between East and West?

What did Winston Churchill believe was a threat to freedom and world peace in his speech?

Why did communism look attractive to poorer members of society in post-World War II Europe?

Why did President Truman announce an economic aid package to Greece and Turkey in his speech to the US Congress?

Which country received the largest amount of economic aid from the Marshall Plan?

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

Which countries in Eastern Europe benefited from the Marshall Plan?

What did Stalin believe the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were trying to achieve?

Which country did the Red Army invade after the suppression of the uprising in Poland?

What did George Kennan's telegram, also known as the Long Telegram, reveal about the Soviet Union's intentions?

What did Nikolai Novikov's telegram to Moscow suggest about the United States?

What was the American government's response to George Kennan's Long Telegram?

Which country did not recognize the German Democratic Republic as a nation?

What was the main reason for the Western Allies' decision to create a separate West Germany?

What was the name of the operation carried out by the Western Allies to supply essential supplies to West Berlin during the blockade?

What was the role of ordinary citizens in the Berlin Airlift?

Which two organizations did Stalin set up in response to the Marshall Plan?

What was the purpose of Cominform?

Why did Stalin set up Comecon?

What effect did the establishment of Cominform and Comecon have on Europe?

Which countries were part of the Grand Alliance that divided Germany into occupation zones?

What was the purpose of dividing Germany into occupation zones?

What was the result of combining the British, American, and French zones in Germany?

Why was Stalin furious about the decision to introduce the Deutschmark in Trizonia?