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President in exile Edvard Benes made an agreement with Stalin, felt betrayed by the other Allies since the Munich Conference. Communist leader Gottwald accepted Benes as the president. Coalition government was created, but with communists in key positions.
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Created by Churchill and Stalin at a meeting in Moscow. Set out how the spheres of influence in liberated Europe would be set up.
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USSR formally recognised the communist Committee for National Liberation as the provisional government. Against the wishes of the Allies, who supported the government-in-exile in London. The US and UK did not protest heavily as they needed to maintain the Alliance.
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Stalin did not trust or respect Truman or Atlee, and believed that the US wanted to dominate western Europe. Truman attempted to use the atomic bomb to ensure Stalin's cooperation. Decisions: demilitarisation, democratisation, denazification, decentralisation. Truman wanted to create more global trade, limit Soviet expansion and ensure future US influence. Atlee wanted to focus on domestic policy, and ensure the US support of western Europe.
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Stalin wanted Germany to remain weak with extreme reparations. Roosevelt wanted to develop liberal democracy in Europe and create the UN. Germany/Berlin divided into 4 occupation zones. USSR gained land from Poland according to the Curzon line, while Poland expanded westwards. Declaration on Liberated Europe was signed, Roosevelt believed that Stalin would hold to it.
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Hiroshima Nagasaki- 6th and 9th of August. Japan surrenders, ending the war in the Pacific.