1945-1949: The beginnings of the Cold War

As a result of WW2, what percentage of Europe's farmland could not be used for food production?

Which country's borders did Stalin want to move westwards?

How many people were displaced in WW2?

Which two countries intervened in the Greek Civil War to keep royalists in power by 1950?

Which US General, first advocated using tanks to smash road blocks, then organised the airlift?

On what date did the USSR cut off all road, rail and freight traffic to West Berlin?

What years make up the Beginnings & Origins of the Cold War?

Most importantly, what did the Berlin Blockade set out for Cold War confrontations?

Because the Soviet Union suffered terribly in the war, what did they agree Stalin could have?

What 3 things did they disagree about at Potsdam?

What was the first year the USSR & USA came close to a' hot' war in the Cold War?

What Bureau did Stalin set up in October 1947 to co-ordinate communism in eastern Europe?

What political decision did they reach about countries liberated form German occupation?

Which wartime conference occurred in 1943 between members of the Grand Alliance?

Which hostile communist leader of east Europe was the only one to escape Soviet control?

Why did the PM's of the West German Lander now agree to create a separate West German state?

By 1944, the US GDP almost did what?

What critical term did the Soviet FM use to describe the Marshall Aid Plan?

Which country had successfully tested an atomic bomb on the 16th of July, 1945?

Who are these 'big 3' dudes in the photo at the Yalta Conference?

Which revolution spawned the clash of ideologies seen in the Cold War?

Since Yalta, which country (though liberation) now occupied most of eastern Europe?

What month & year was the Yalta Conference?

How many phases of the Cold War has Professor of Politics, Jay Speakman, identified?

The Big 3 all agreed to join which organisation?

When did the Allies decide to air-lift supplies?

Historian, Jack Watson, (1984) wrote  "neither side gained...<what>... from the confrontation?

Who was Roosevelt's Vice-President that replaced him upon his death?

How long would Germany remain a divided country, between & East & West, for?

At Yalta, when did Stalin agree to enter the war against Japan?

In 1947, how much money did Truman suggest would be needed to rebuild Europe's prosperity?

In May 1945, which troops entered Berlin from the west and which troops from the west?

What month did the Potsdam Conference of 1945 begin?

Following such deep antagonism, what phase does the Cold War enter?

Which American ambassador sent a long telegram to Washington advocating the Soviets in 1946?

In a private letter in 1946, who said he was "tired of babying the Soviets?"

Which country did Tito lead?

Which policy did the Truman Doctrine lead to?

What new organisation did Western powers sign in 1949 to agree to work together?

Jan. 1947: which 2 countries merged zones to become 'Bizonia?' ('Trizonia' West Germany -1949)

The clash between which two dominant ideologies are involved in the Cold War?

By 1948, which were the only 2 eastern European countries not controlled by Communist gov.'s?

After finding the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, what did the Big Three agree to do?

Who defeated Churchill in the British elections of July, 1945?

How many Western Berliners did Stalin block from supplies in a bid to get the Allies out?

Ironically, what did Stalin's blockade speed up what it had intended to stop?

Who spoke of an "iron curtain" for the first time?

Which country did Churchill want Stalin not to interfere in if they were to grant his wish?

When did Stalin reopen communications because it was clear his blockade wouldn't work?

What is the phase called between 1950-1962?

Which city was also to be divided in 4?

Who said "the Berlin Blockade was a move to test our ability & our will to resist?"

What happened in 1955 to confirm Soviet fears the West wanted a revived Germany allied to US?

How many zones did they agree Germany should be divided into?

What year did the Soviets gain nuclear parity by exploring their first atomic bomb?

What other supply was also cut between East to West Berlin?

Concern over which 2 countries dominated talks at Yalta?

What Aid Plan came out of the Truman Doctrine to contain the spread of communism?

How many flights came into Berlin during the Blockade that lasted nearly a year?