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Who was to blame for the Cold War? (Iron Curtain speech (Winston Churchill…
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
Yalta
Germany to be split into four zones and to pay reparations.
Keep peace between post-world war country.
Stalin felt he was strong, and he could dictate terms.
Ideologies: Capitalism/Communism
Capitalism
Private ownership of the means of product and their operation for profit.
Communism
Everyone works together, but they can't have their own profit. No one has got their own company.
Potsdam
Germany had been defeated, Roosevelt had died and Churchill had lost the 1945 election.
Truman disagreed with the size of reparations.
Truman dropped the atomic bomb without telling Stalin.
Communist government was being set up in the countries of Eastern Europe.
Iron Curtain speech
The beginning of the Cold War.
Winston Churchill had this speech in Westminster college on March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill mentioned 'Iron Curtain' in his speech.
Iron Curtain was popularly recognized as the division of East Europe and West Europe.
Germany
Cut into two global blocs in the East and the West.
Lost all of the war gains.
Lost territories in the East and gave them to Poland and Soviet Union.
There were 8 millions of foreign displaced people.
Truman Doctrine
Soviet power's growth threatened America and Britain.
Truman took over.
Truman suggested to stop Communism growing stronger.
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway,road and canal from the West Berlin.
Soviets promised to drop the blockade if the Western Allies don't use the newly introduced Deutsche mark in West Berlin.
The Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to people in West Berlin.
The Soviet did not disrupt this because this might start a conflict.
Marshall plan
America gave Western Europe over 13 billion dollars in economic support to help rebuild the economic.
Rebuild war-devastated regions
remove trade barriers
make Europe prosperous
modernize industry
prevent the spread of communism