Superpower Relations & the Cold War Topic 1

The Origins of the Cold War 1941-58

What is this topic about? 

This topic looks at how the wartime alliance between the USA, Britain, and the USSR quickly fell apart after 1945, as their ideological differences grew at conferences like Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam. It explores how tensions over nuclear weapons, spheres of influence, and events like the Berlin Blockade and Hungarian Uprising turned the former allies into Cold War enemies.

Prior Learning

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