Rivalry

Question	Answer
Differences and rivalry go back to when?	The Bolshevik revolution in Russia 1917.
What happened in the revolution?	Lenin seized control of the government and over a few years established a communist government.
What did capitalist countries such as Britain, France and the USA fear?	The spread of communism
What did the intervene in, how and when?	The Russian Civil War 1918-21, and gave arms and supplies to the anti-communists trying to overthrow Lenin.
Who won the Civil war and what did they think of the west?	Lenin and the leading Bolsheviks, were very suspicious of the west.
When did differences intensify?	In 1933 when Hitler became leader of Germany.
What did Hitler do and why?	Wanted to expand eastwards and destroy the Soviet Union, because he hated communism.
When did Stalin come into power?	1928 of the Soviet Union, after Lenin's death.
What did Stalin do, when and why?	He signed an alliance with Hitler in 1939 because he was fearful of an invasion from the West, believing that USA, Britain and France would ally with Nazi Germany in the 1930s and encourage Hitler to invade.
What was the alliance called?	The Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)
What did USA, Britain and France fear?	They feared correctly that Stalin just wanted a part of neighbouring Poland.

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