{"id":4117,"date":"2018-01-01T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T10:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2017-12-10T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:15:30","slug":"from-yalta-to-potsdam-the-wartime-alliance-starts-breaking-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/from-yalta-to-potsdam-the-wartime-alliance-starts-breaking-down\/","title":{"rendered":"From Yalta to Potsdam &#8211; the wartime alliance starts breaking down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/cold_war_origins\/1_WHAT-Yalta_Potsdam\/2_Potsdam\/01_Yalta_to_Potsdam.doc\">From Yalta to Potsdam<\/a><br \/>\nThrough a focus on primary source analysis, students investigate how far Truman&#8217;s bellicosity towards the Soviet Union was apparent from the outset, or was merely a position he adopted once he was in possession of the atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3690\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/cold_war\/\">Part of the comprehensive unit on Cold War Origins to 1949<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Yalta to Potsdam Through a focus on primary source analysis, students investigate how far Truman&#8217;s bellicosity towards the Soviet Union was apparent from the outset, or was merely a position he adopted once he was in possession of the atomic bomb. 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