unit 4: who is to blame for the Cold War
USSR in Eastern Europe
the USSR spreads up communism all over Eastern Europe they convince countries by giving them money,
alliance breakdown
yalta conference
potsdam conference
how germany is going to be divided
set up a temporary polish government
agrees what is going to happen to germany after WWII
main disagreements
agreements
differences
Berlin Blockade
U.S. reaction to Eastern Europe
the US has a new president that is less tolerant to communism
the US now has the bomb and does not need the help of the USSR to defeat Japan
differences: stalin's army is in control of most of Eastern Europe and he is not moving it back to the USSR.
planning on setting up a communist friendly government, there, this goes against the yalta conference.
Stalin demands 10 billion dollars in reparations from Germany
Stalin wants to establish communists governments in Eastern Europe
Poland gives up more land to the USSR
Germans in Poland have to go back to Germany
The Berlin blockade was a block between the zones of the countries in germany, britain. france, usa adn the ussr shared germany, they had problems
the new president of the United States( harry truman) was untolerant to communism,so he payed Eastern European countries 13 billion dollars for the reparations they had to do after WWII in favor of becoming capitalists countries so they can stop the spread of communism