1. Beginnings of the Cold War: 1945 - 1949

3. Timeline 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1945 Feb May July March Oct March April May Yalta Conference Hitler defeated Potsdam Conference Truman Doctrine anounced Stalin sets up Cominform June Marshall Aid introduced Berlin Blockade NATO set up Berlin Blockade lifted Aug Japan defeated

7. Focus Task: What was going on behind the scenes at Yalta? I want to drink to our alliance, that it should not lose its … intimacy, its free expression of views … I know of no such close alliance of three Great Powers as this … May it be strong and stable, may we be as frank as possible - Stalin, proposing a toast at a dinner at the Yalta conference, 1945 As members of a three-person OSS team of secret agents (OSS is the predecessor of the CIA) you have ‘come into possession’ of secret documents relating to the Yalta Conference. The war against Hitler had united Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill and at the Yalta Conference they appeared to get on well. The above quote illustrates the ‘public’ face of Yalta. But what was going on behind the scenes? Examine the quotes on the handouts and decide for yourself. -Use a table like the above to analyze the sources. - The value & limitations are from the perspective of a historian researching the level of trust between the ‘Big Three’ at Yalta Limitations Value Purpose Origin

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