HISTORY 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Atlantic Charter, Dragaera, Clement Attlee
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Week 8: the origins of the cold war. Tensions mounted between gb, us, and soviets a) b) Gb and us foresaw different visions in terms of imperialism. Gb and us vs soviets saw different political/economies systems clashed. Didn"t inform of invasions, actions during the war c) Financing other nations to not get involved in war. Us was very wealthy after the war a) b) War supplies for land, attempt to help allies. Believed that this was so to diminish the soviets. Stalin didn"t feel like allies were doing enough a) b) Gb wanted to ensure suez canal was still open for india trade. Allowed for allies to take control of the skies. Code breaking (ultra and magic) a) b) c) Arguably the factor for the defeat of nazis. Would only accept the unconditional surrender of nazi germany a) b) Wanted to make sure soviets had no bargain with hitler.