HIS344Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 notes
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Beginning few months after yalta major changes began to take place (growth of bipolar international system) Great britain"s role: in june 1945, the powers met again in potsdam, berlin. Allied powers sought agreement regarding germany, but great britain begins to pursue national interest, rather than co-operation during its negotiation regarding. The united states" role: lend-lease: was a program under which the united states supplied. Free france, great britain, the republic of china, and later the ussr and other allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and august 1945. It was signed into law on march 11, In general the aid was free, although some hardware (such as ships) was returned after the war. In return, the u. s. was given leases on bases in. Allied territory during the war. (freely given by us to all countries joined in war against axis powers) Us suddenly terminated lend-lease to ussr in 1945, even though war was not yet over.
