alliances and international policy
Cominform
Cominform would try to encourage communist parties, like the Revolutionary Communist Party in Great Britain, whilst also trying to destroy communist opposition in the USSR's satellite states in Eastern Europe
Cominform was a Soviet organisation that tried to encourage communist uprising in nations across Europe
Comecon
Comecon gave countries financial aid and encouraged them to trade with the USSR
Any nation that joined the Comecon was banned from accepting any money from the Americans under the Marshall Plan
he Soviet Union's satellite states - Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and East Germany all joined Comecon
NATO
NATO is a military alliance that is still in place today
founders
united the USA, France and Great Britain under a new military alliance with the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Canada
NATO is based on the idea of 'collective security'. Collective security means that if 1 nation is attacked, all the others will fight on its behalf
In 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a member of NATO
Perspectives on NATO
Perspectives on Cominform
comecon was a response to the Marshall Plan, the Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union's response to NATO
his created a split camp of nations in NATO and accepting Marshall Aid vs nations in the Warsaw Pact (signed in 1955) and accepting Comecon money
Yugoslavia and Albania the Communists governed through a democratic front until they got 93% of the vote in rigged elections of 1945
USSR didn't try to look like they were working democratically