COLD WAR PROJECT

1941-45 CO-OP IN THE 2ND COLD WAR

MAIN PLAYERS

• Stalin
• Roosevelt
• Churchill

ROOSEVELT

• Distrusted Soviet Union but had a diplomatic understanding with Stalin (they were on "good" terms)
• One of the founders of the Grande Alliance between Britain, Soviets, and US
• Believed Nazis were a bigger threat than Soviets and decided to focus on them first
• National Defense Act of 1940 gave him the right to place embargoes materials deemed essential to US defense

STALIN

• Put focus on a strong military and economy
• Stalin feared the west was using the war to weaken USSR
• Wanted Eastern Europe/Germany after War he felt it was entitled to him
• Stalin distrusted FDR and Churchill cause he was not invited to the meeting at Casablanca
• Tensions grew when he was not informed of the A bomb

WINSTON CHURCHILL

• Had strong relations with FDR
• Distrusted Stalin
• Refused to give up the war
• Received aid from the US while Soviets hardly got any

MAIN POINTS

• Britain US did not trust Soviet Union
• West felt Germany was a greater threat than USSR and decided to focus on nazis for now
• Nuclear Bomb
• War pushed Britain and US to improve diplomatic relations with the Soviets
• USSR feared The west was using the war to weaken USSR

1979-85

MAIN PLAYERS