Iron Curtain Separates Europe

1. What is your overall impression of Source 26 (p. 70) and use extracts from the source to support your view. (No fence sitting; you must choose one but not both)     

• a reasonable assessment of Stalin’s aims based on the facts
• an overreaction to Stalin’s actions based on fear of and prejudice towards the USSR?               

I think that it is an overreaction on Britain's part because they do hate the Soviet Union and have always disliked them because of communism so that adds to the fact to why they so negatively look at them. They they that Stalin is looking to "eventually take over the whole world" but that was more of Hitlers plan and Stalin took a part in stopping Hitler so he probably doesn't want to take over the whole world.

2. Source 26 is a British source. Does it seem likely that similar documents were being produced by the American government?   

Yes it seems likely because the U.S. also did not like the Soviet Union and communism so they would be against Stalin also and have these thoughts.

3. Study Source 27 (p. 71) and make a list of three different actions that Communists took to achieve power in eastern Europe. AND Explain how each factor helped.  


1. They killed or kidnapped any other party that was against communism that ran and that helped them by getting rid of their opponents.
2. Communists destroyed the monarchy in Romania in 1947 which helped them take over that country.
3. Communists won by left-winged coalitions in many of the countries which led them to take over the whole Eastern side.