HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Bizone, Berlin Blockade, Cominform

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30th of april 1945 hitler committed a suicide german"s final surrender on 5th of may. Nations: declaration for liberation europe" self-determination, disputes over polish border. Yalta was supposed to bring peace and cooperation, however each of big three had a different view on how that should be done. Usa wanted to have a leading role in economic aspect bretton woods establishment of imf and wb. Dumbarton oaks conference formation of the united nations. Americans did not object to stalin shaping the foreign and defense policies of the. Eastern european states; what americans rejected was the formation of an exclusive sphere of control; Churchill was not to oppose stalin"s claims for eastern europe as long as stalin would safeguard britain"s asian empire against american pressure for rapid decolonialization. Truman taking over from roosevelt in 1945 truman did not have much trust in stalin.