HIS306H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nuclear Arms Race, Totalitarianism, Atlantic Charter
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His306: history of the cold war exam definitions. Secret deal made between ussr leader joseph stalin and british pm winston churchill (without the u. s. ) in. Oct. 19(cid:1008)(cid:1008), (cid:449)he(cid:396)e(cid:271)(cid:455) the(cid:455) di(cid:448)ided up (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol i(cid:374) eu(cid:396)ope i(cid:374)to (cid:862)sphe(cid:396)es of i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) As the war was coming to an end, churchill worried about the british role and power in europe and its colony throughout the world. Churchill proposed the agreement with stalin, which he wrote on a piece of paper and passed it to tali(cid:374) to (cid:862)app(cid:396)o(cid:448)e(cid:863) it. Churchill suggested that the soviet union should have 90 percent influence in romania and 75 percent in bulgaria; the united kingdom should have 90 percent in greece; and they should have 50 percent each in hungary and yugoslavia. The percentage deal was significant b/c it reveals the inter-workings of post-war territory agreements as often secretive, imperialistic, and focused on determining a balance in world power among the victors.
