2. It is worth remembering that in Britain and the USA Stalin appeared to be just as much a villain as Hitler.
Some would argue that the Cold War started when the Allied Powers sent troops in to Russia against the Reds ( ) and the alliance during the Second World War just an “intermission”
The USSR was still isolated as the world’s only communist country.
The turmoil of the Purges and Stalin’s reputation.
In August 1939 Soviet leader Stalin signed a Non- Aggression Pact with German leader, Adolf Hitler.
In September 1939 Hitler and Stalin both attacked Poland and divided the country up between them.
In November 1939 the USSR attacked Finland.
In June-July 1940 the USSR invaded and took control of Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia.

3. But in June 1941 everything changed
But in June 1941 everything changed. Hitler turned on Stalin and invaded the USSR. The decisive conflict of World War II began, which Stalin won, but at a terrible cost.

4. What was the true nature of the wartime alliance
and how did it turn “Cold”?
-Take a look at the documents around the room and identify reasons for an increase in tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1949?