Question | Answer |
What is the position of Joseph Stalin? | Premier of the Soviet Union
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Who was the marshal of the Soviet Union and German Soviet Zone? | Vasily Sokolovsky
| Who is Harry Truman | President of the U.S
| Who was suspicious of Allied Powers and wanted to use the geopolitical position of Berlin to force their hands? | Joseph Stalin
| Who had a spotless military record before the Berlin Crisis? | Sokolovsky
| Harry Truman became the U.S president after who's death? | Roosevelt
| Who became commander in chief of U.S forces in Europe and military governor of the U.S Zone in Germany in 1947? | Lucius Clay
| Who was Stalin betrayed by in WWII, before joining the Allies? | Hitler
| Who wished to establish the Soviet Union as a world player and gain recognition of a Soviet Sphere of influence in Eastern Europe? | Stalin
| Sokolovsky had to deal with what during the Berlin Crisis? | changing policies of Stalin
| Who was losing popularity right before the next election? | Truman
| Clay was determined not to withdraw from the Soviet Union and ____ the Soviets? | appease
| Stalin could gain Germany and its ________ | industrial power
| How would Sokolovsky gain more prestige? | Getting the U.S out of Berlin without using force
| Who needed to contain the Soviets? | Truman
| Clay could become the _______ | hero of Berlin
| Who could be forced to send Soviet troops into another conflict and force Western Allies to rearm? | Stalin
| Why did Sokolovsky need the respect of the Allies? | They could use force on him
| Who stood to lose everything? | Truman
| Clay could be remembered as the man who _______ | started WWIII
| _____ didn't want to go to war over economic disagreements, but wanted Allies out of Germany? | Stalin
| Truman made the decision to ______ | drop atomic bombs on Japan |