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AWESOMENESS!

My Own Awesomeness: My comic that i created shows the strangled relationship between the Big Three. Roosevelt was trying to show that he was a strong ally and become closer to Stalin but with Churchill's rejection of the Second Front Stalin became frustrated with the other two world powers. Found Awesomeness: [] This political cartoon shows both Stalin and Hitler walking down a pathway arm in arm and one leg tied together while they both hold a gun behind there back. This shows that they were bound together with the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but not because they liked each other but because they wanted to use each other and both knew that they themselves were not going to be able to withstand a relationship with one another so they both were armed and ready. [] This 'how to' instruction clip shows a person that if they are caught outside while in the middle of a bombing that shielding yourself with a hat will help a little against the 'heat flash'. As you can see from the guy's face this isn't the most exciting thing to be happening to him, but the picture shows that an atomic bombing was something that could be used to make booklets and 'how to' manuals like what are used for power tools showing that a bombing was very real for people living at that time. THE BOLSHEVIKS 1917 -March/February antitsarist took over Nicholas 2 and established provincial gov’t under Lvov and Kerensky. -November/October Kerensky overthrown by Lenin’s communist -1918 US troops arrived in France -Bolsheviks sigh Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (took Russia out of war) -1919 Comintern (communist international) established -1921 US/White Army defeated and Reds estab. USSR in late 1922 THE NAZI-SOVIET NONAGRESSION PACT -1939Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact signed secretly then announced -Stalin’s5 year plan for economic control -50-100 years behind ‘advanced countries’ 1933 Roosevelt invited soviet Litvinov to Washington and establish diplomatic relations. MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE -March 1941 Lend-Lease act was created to authorize the release of military aid to countries against Germany and Japan. -Aid was sent to the Soviets when they joined the war in June 1941 -Helped keep china and Britain from getting beaten -Propaganda showed that the Soviets were good people -Stalin pressed for a second front from France to help alleviate the pressure on Russia -Churchill opposed this and persuaded Roosevelt to rethink his plans and does a later invasion; Stalin was angry with this (like always) -Churchill wanted to assure Stalin that their partnership was still valid so he traveled to Moscow to talk with Stalin. THE BIG THREE AT TEHRAN -The second front is postponed -Britain wants to invade Sicily for the Mediterranean oils -Stalin thought Churchill greedy and didn’t trust the western partners -Meeting was November 1943 first face-to-face meeting -The status of Germany and Poland were discussed YALTA -February 1945 -The creation of a new organization after the League of Nations, Poland and Eastern Europe’s fate were discussed along with the soviet entry into the pacific war -Stalin took advantage of Roosevelt’s health and used it to get what he wanted -Stalin wanted veto power for the security council, a separate General Assembly seats for Belorussia (white Russia) and Ukraine, and recognition of the Communist gov in Lublin, wanted 10billion $ from Germany, take back land lost in the Russo Japanese war -Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to almost all of the things asked for. THE DIVISION OF GERMANY -March 1945 U.S. and Britain cross the Rhine -Captured the Ruhr Valley, prevented Nazi withdrawal towards Bavarian Alps, avoided the Soviet Troops -March 28, 1945 a cable sent to Stalin about the western allies intensions, which angered Churchill -The soviets attacked the German’s main capital on April 16; on April 30 Hitler killed himself. -May 2 Berlin surrendered, Germans wanted peace after Hitler’s death -Germany had to fully surrender on May 7. VII. THE MANHATTAN PROJECT Roosevelt died April 12,1945 Truman was not told of the Manhattan project, which was for atomic bombs until April 25. __Manhattan Project__ Orig. August 1939 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Pres. Roosevelt about nuclear physics. December 1942 Italian Enrico Fermi created first controlled nuclear chain reaction. Los Alamos, New Mexico – testing site for the bombs KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOMB Britain knew about the project but soviets were never told Bohr would have made better situation with the nuke-armed race May 1945 Interim Committee estab. Demonstration was talked about- show off to Japan and USSR Hiroshima and Nagasaki for atomic attack POSTDAM Truman met up with Churchill and Stalin in Potsdam, Berlin Talked about Japan and the Manhattan Project July 18th bomb test successful The war could be ended quickly without Soviet interference if the bomb was used Stalin had spies in Manhattan Project-Secret Soviet atomic program CONTAINMENT Soviets change the Eastern Europe map Poland is independent, and Baltic States are annexed by USSR Soviet Satellites; Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania Iron Curtain- Churchill July 1947; Foreign Affairs article published reasoning USSR major goals; establish security corridor around mother Russia and traditional Russian imperialism. THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE Committed US aids any nation threatened by communism with military or economy help. Could help liberate territory under the USSR Germany Defeated Soviets became leading military power in Europe DISARRAY IN POSTWAR EUROPE Germany is allowed to reunify under a central freely elected gov, by Yalta and Potsdam. Nothing was decided Nearly 6 years from bombing reduced cities to ruble costing Europe a large amount of economic value. Shortages and supplies were a huge problem postwar. Summary: The Allied powers have a very shaking relationship with their new comrade, Stalin of Soviet Russia (USSR). The battle of WW2 was tossed between the powers of each country, Germany, Britain, Soviet Russia, and the U.S. The atomic bomb was in creation and finalized giving the U.S. a sever decision to be made. The Big Three got together a number of times and negotiated many things. A second front to alleviate pressure on Russia was begged for by Stalin, but Churchill found ways to deflect it and put in a plea of his own for Britain. Finally with Roosevelt’s depleting health Stalin was able to get what he wanted. Questions: 1.Do you think Churchill intentionally wanted to enrage Stalin by putting off the Second Front without talking to Stalin first about it? 2.What do you think the outcome of the war would have been if the Second Front hadn’t been carried out? 3.What emotions do you think were the most pungent while the USSR was the leading military power in Europe? 4. How did Roosevelt’s depleting health affect the war? 5. Why was Truman never told of the atomic bomb until his election into office?