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The Development of the Cold War 1946-55 - Coggle Diagram
The Development of the Cold War 1946-55
1946
The Iron Curtain Speech
March 5th 1946 - Fulton, Missouri
He stressed the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the
"menace of Soviet communism",
which had lowered an
“ iron curtain ” across Europe
1947
The Truman Doctrine
March 12th 1947
This would
provide economic and military aid to any country facing the threat of communism
:
Truman argued that the USA could no longer stand by and allow the expansion of Soviet totalitarianism into independent nations
The Marshall Plan
A programme of
economic aid offered by the United States to any European country
The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely - Consequently, the aid was only given to Western European Countries
Cominform
Communist Information Bureau
The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties responsible for the creation of the Eastern bloc
1949
January
Comecon was established – The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of socialist states elsewhere in the world
April
North Atlantic Treaty signed creating
NATO
May
Berlin blockade lifted
West Germany created from the three Western zones
October
The Soviet zone of Germany become East Germany
The Communists were defeated in Greek Civil War
1954
The Geneva Accords
Summer of 1954
This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states
The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem
1948
February
Communists seized power over Czechoslovakia
March
Five western European countries sign the Brussels Treaty
June
Yugoslavia expelled from the Cominform
Deutschmark introduced into western zones of Germany
Berlin Blockade begins
1950
June 25th: The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea
America backs South, Russia backs North
1953
March
March 5th
Stalin dies
at 74, succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev
July
The Korean war ended. North Korea remained affiliated with Russia while South Korea was affiliated with the USA
38th Parallel - border between North and South practically stayed the same as before conflict
1955
The Warsaw pact
May 14th 1955
It was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union