THE COLD WAR. POST-WWII SETTLEMENT FDR, Churchill, and Stalin Agree to post-war self-determination Divide Germany into 4 military zones YALTA CONFERENCE,

THE COLD WAR

POST-WWII SETTLEMENT

FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

Agree to post-war self-determination

Divide Germany into 4 military zones

YALTA CONFERENCE, 1945

Truman challenges Stalin – violations of Yalta agreement

Communist government in Poland, forced by U.S.S.R.

Rebuilding Germany

POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945

United States

Self-determination

Encourage democracy

Access to raw materials and trade markets

Rebuild and stabil ize Europe

Unite Germany

Collective security organization

Soviet Union

Rebuild and control eastern Europe

Encourage communism

“buff er zone” between Germany

Regain lost territory

Keep Germany weak and divided

Build an atomic bomb

DIFFERING GOALS