AMSCO Unit #8 Vocabualry

The leaders of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union

November 1945, the Allies agreed that the Soviet Union would focus on freeing Eastern Europe, while Britain and the United States would concentrate on Western Europe.

By February 15,1945  the Allies knew that Germany was near defeat, but they disagreed about what should happen after Germany’s surrender.

The final meeting among leaders of the Big Three,began on July 15 in Germany. Harry Truman, who had become president after Roosevelt died on April 12, represented the United States. Churchill started the conference but lost his position as prime minister in mid-July and was replaced by Clement Atlee.

the United States and the Soviet Union, Potsdam and the earlier conferences failed to settle important issues between the world’s major powers. As a result, the stage was set for a cold war between countries still devastated by a hot war.

A   conflict that does not involve direct military confrontation between two or more rival states, but the superpowers turned to  propaganda campaigns, secret operations, and an arms race.

A bomb that was  much more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II.

The informal alliance between the government and the large defense contractors, to gain too much power.

the idea that each country should choose its own form of government and leaders,

Established in 1945, a new organization to promote peace and prosperity to replace the League of Nations.