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When was the Yalta Conference held? When did President Roosevelt die? When did the Americans successfully test the atomic bombs? By July 1945, Hitler effectively controlled the Baltic states. Name two Baltic states. How many Russians had died in WW2? When was the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) set up? Who was the only Communist leader who escaped Stalins close control? Which country was he from? Complete this quote by Roosevelt in March 1945. Americans will have to take the ___________ for world ______________ or we shall have to bear the responsibilities for another world conflict. By 1948, there were only two countries in Eastern Europe who was not controlled by Communist governments. Name these two countries. Churchill sent British troops to Greece in 1945 supposedly to restore order and supervise free elections. However, during the civil war, the British announced that they could not afford the cost of such a war. When was this announcement made? How much did countries of Europe owe to America after WW2? (American General George Marshall assessed this amount) Churchill describes Europe as a _______ heap, a breeding ground of hate. When did Truman put his plans of the Marshall Aid to Congress? What was the amount suggested by Marshall to rebuild Europes prosperity? Quote by Marshall: Our policy is directed against hunger, ___________, desperation and chaos. What was the new currency formed in Western Europe called? (another name for Dmark) What did Stalin do in June 1948? When did Stalin reopen communications? What does NATO stand for?

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When was NATO formed? When did the Potsdam Conference start? Who was Churchill replaced by? The aim of this policy is to stop Communism from spreading any further, what was this policy called? 24. Churchill describes the border between Soviet- controlled countries and the west as an __________? 25. Name the political and economic ideology believed in the USA.

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February 1945 12 April 1945 16 July 1945 Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria 20 million October 1947 Tito in Yugoslavia Responsibility, collaboration Greece and Czechoslovakia 24 February 1947 $11.5 billion Rubble December 1947 $17 billion Poverty Deutschmark Stalin blocked all supply lines from Western Germany into West Berlin. May 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation April 1949 17 July 1945 Clement Attlee Containment Iron curtain Democracy and Capitalism

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