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The Cold War began because the Soviet Union, seeking to both
spread communism and to protect themselves from Western
imperialism, occupied and imposed control in eastern Europe .
Allied Advances
How did WWII contribute to the start of the Cold War?
Negotiations Among the Allies:
Fall 1943: the first meeting of the Big Three in Moscow
Here they agree to set up the European Advisory Commission to finalize plans for the postwar Allied occupation of
Germany
They also agreed to a joint Declaration on General Security which proposed the creation of international
organization for maintaining global peace and security
FDR hoped that the United Nations would make unnecessary spheres of influence in Europe under the argument of
security; In other words, he hoped that the security provided by the UN would mean that Stalin would not pursue
the spread of Communism in Eastern Europe
WWII Conferences
USA/UK
What was agreed to at Moscow (1943)?
10/90
25/75
50/50
25/75
90/10
Governments-in-Exile
Partisan Groups
Natural/Historical
Alliances & Antipathies
Warsaw Uprising
Ambiguous compromises
made at Yalta