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By: Raisa Massitela
Disagreement between allies increase mistrust
But in the Yalta Conference
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
had decided that the USSR
would invade Japan once
Germany surrendered, in order
to bring the war in Asia to a
quicker conclusion.
Truman, disagreed with some
of the Yalta Conference
agreements and decided to
create an American foreign
policy that countered Soviet
geopolitical expansion, which
he called the Truman Doctrine.
Just as he arrived for the
conference in Potsdam,
A picture from 1945 shows the participants of the
Truman was informed that the
Potsdam Conference at the end of the WWII. From
United States had successfully
left Clement Atlee (GB), Harry S. Truman (USA)
tested the first atomic bomb.
and Joseph Stalin (USSR) in July 17th, stting in
Hoping to use the weapon as
chairs, protected by its security men.
leverage with the Soviets in the
postwar world, Truman
The Potsdam Conference casually mentioned to Stalin
that America was now in
The origins of the cold war were founded in the post possession of a weapon of
war conference at Potsdam, between President Harry S. monstrously destructive force.
Truman, the new leader of USA, Clement Atlee, the new
leader of UK and Stalin the leader of USSR, during the
“I casually mentioned to Stalin
17th of July – 2nd of August.
that we had a new weapon of
With the change in leadership after the Yalta
unusual destructive force. The
Conference, the New Big Three met Potsdam on the 17th Russian Premier showed no
July where they discussed about turning Poland into a special interest. All he said was
democratic country and how to deal with Germany and he was glad to hear it and
Eastern Europe at the end of WWIII and agreed to set up hoped we would make good
the United Nations Organization (UNO). During the use of it against the Japanese”
conference, tension quickly rose between the allies. Harry Truman
The Potsdam Conference, literally did not go as well as
the Yalta Conference. The Leaders disagreed on many The president was
points which increased mistrust between them and disappointed when the Soviet
caused the end of the GRAND ALLIANCE. The only leader merely responded that
two points which they agreed on were creating the UNO he hoped the United States
and dividing Germany into 4 zones. would use it to bring the war
with Japan to a speedy end.
Harry Truman, the new leader of USA was mad at Thus the tension between the
Stalin, the USSR leader. By August 1945, soviet troops
allies rose as the ‘spheres of
had ‘liberated’ Poland with communist influence. He did influence’ set for a pattern of
not want the USSR to enter the war against Japan since
psychological intimidation.
Germany surrendered in May, as he feared that the
USSR would spread Communism into Japan, as was In private, The USSR leader
happening in Eastern Europe (Poland). took Truman’s action as a
threat.
Since 26 July 1946
16 th February
“Everybody has a right to be
stupid but some people abuse
the privilege”
Joseph Stalin
Stalin responded by using
Salami Tactics, to take over
Eastern Europe countries one
by one in Romania, Bulgaria
and Czechoslovakia. By the
time the Conference was over,
Truman had become even
more convinced that he had to
adopt a tough policy toward
the Soviets, because countries
liberated from Nazi control
were starting to fall under the
influence communism, such as
Poland which was supposed to
become democratic after Yalta
Conference.
The USA leader saw this as
expansionism. Stalin had
come to believe more strongly
that the United States and
Great Britain were conspiring
against the Soviet Union.
Stalin claimed that his actions
were in self-defense and that
he was sticking to the
percentages agreement with
Churchill from 1944..
As for Churchill, he was not
present for the closing
ceremonies. His party lost in
the elections in England, and
he was replaced midway
through the conference by the
new prime minister, Clement
Attlee. However Churchill’s
speech in 1946 ‘Iron Curtain’
argued that Stalin had over
stepped his ‘sphere of
influence’
Concluding the Cold war
started in psychological way.
Because of two different
ideologies (Communism and
Democracy) a new war started
between USA and USSR,
which was called the Cold
War.
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https://www.herodote.net/17_julliet_2_aout_1945-evenement-19450717.php
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
https://www.britannica.com?event/Potsdam-Conference
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-potsdam-gave-birth-to-the-cold-war