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Explain the factors and events which led to the emergence of The Cold War.
Explain the factors and events which led to the emergence of The Cold War.
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situation after ww2
30 years earlier(ww2)
Usa & uk
fight against Communists
who held radical political views was arrested
uk: General strike, Ussr
Ussr
civil war
Communist
Both
before enemies and then allies
10 years earlier(ww2)
Britain and Ussr not so united
to stalin seemed that Britain was happy that Germany grow in power and Hitler could attack ussr
Soviet turned the tide of the european war against Hitler
Allies against Hitler
USA, UK and USSR co-operated only because Hitler was a common danger
wartime alliance not a bond of brotherhood
Ideological differences
between the allies
work together against Hitler
The Root of the problem
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Yalta Conferences (1945)
Ukraine (yalta)
Big Three (Stalin,Roosevelt, Churchill)
Germany divided in zones:
American
French
British
Soviet
Berlin (soviet part), but divided in 4 zones
Horrors of concentration camps, punish criminals of the genocide
Big three join the United Nation Organisation (peace after war)
3 month later Allies troops in Berlin, Hitler committed suicide. War finished
Potsdam (1945)
Stalin's armies occupied most of eastern Europe
Baltic states
Finland
Poland
Communist government, ignoring the wishes of poles
Czechoslovakia
Usa & uk protested but stalin defended his action.
America had a new president
Roosevelt died
Harry Truman
anti-communist
Truman saw soviet actions (take-over the rest of Europe)
Allies had tested the atomic bomb
at a desert site in the USA
Disagreement at Potsdam
Stalin cripple Germany. truman no (mistake of the Threaty of Versailles)
Reparation: soviet devasted (dead) Stalin compensation from Germany. truman no (mistake ww1)
Soviet policy in eastern Europe: stalin could set up pro-soviet governments in eastern Europe. Truman unhappy about Russian intensions
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Reaction of USA
Stalin heavily influence this region
Stalin'take-over of eastern Europe
Not expected: Communist domination
Stalin's policy
Truman: spread of Communism
Stalin: making himself secure
Greece
only eastern country no communist
Soviet
wanted greece
britain
didn't want to lose it
in the south, connection with africa..
british troops to protect greece
weak governament, always in crisis
Truman Doctrine
send
equipment
money
advice to any country
Truman aim: stop communism
Marshall Plan
george Marshall General
rebuild europe's prosperity "our policy is directed against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos"
American self-interest
generous act
Stalin refuse the Marshall plan
Czechoslovakia
pro-american minister was killed
1948 communist got Czechoslovakia
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Airlift
Blockade Berlin (1948)
Germany zones...
Stalin blocked the connective lines between berlin and usa & uk
using tanks= act of war
go to berlin by air
how long it lasted: almost 1 year
How often aircrafts: 2/3
How aircrafts fall
Consequences
divided germany
german democratic republic
federal republic of Germany
Nato (North Atlantic threat Organisation)
Agreement to work together (1949)