2.  FDR, Stalin & Churchill  Unconditional surrender from Germany  Agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones of occupation  USSR, US, Britain & France

3.  Truman, Stalin & Churchill (replaced by Clement Attlee)  Ratified Germany being divided up into 4 zones  Unconditional surrender from Japan  Truman aware of atomic bomb creation  Various agreements  German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries

4.  US and USSR dominated the postwar world  US stronger superpower  Most land untouched during WWII  Industry thrived  Atomic bomb  USSR  Controlled most of Eastern Europe  Red Army: largest military force in the world

5.  International peace-keeping organization  Originally 51 members  General Assembly  All countries meet  Security Council  Primary responsibility to maintain peace and security  Made up of US, USSR, Britain, France & China  International Court of Justice  Legal disputes/advisory opinions

6.  US  Capitalist democracy-enjoyed freedoms  Soviet Union  Communist-gov’t owned all aspects of life  Challenge Stalin: imprisonment or death

7.  Germany  US/GB: united Germany & independent Eastern European nations  Soviet Union: weak Germany & control over Eastern Europe  Satellite states created  Independent nations under control of a more powerful nation

8.  After Potsdam  Truman believes Soviet Union was “planning world conquest”  Stalin controlling Red Army presented a real threat  Cold War  46 years (1945-1991)  Soviet Union & US never engage in a “hot” military conflict

10.  US Top Priority: contain the spread of Communism  Containment policies  Truman Doctrine: support nations against Communism  Marshall Plan: send aid to countries in W. Europe

12.  W. Berlin: controlled by Allies  E. Berlin: controlled by Soviet Union  Stalin wanted to capture W. Berlin  Blockade: cuts off supplies  US & GB  Sends aid through massive airlift  Committed to containment