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THE COLD WAR, FROM 1945 TO 1991
3 stages:
first cold war (1945-1961)
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THE COLD WAR
Berlin Blockade
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IRON CAPTAIN:
the most part of Eastern Europe was communist. So, there was a division between west (capitalist) and East(communist)
WHY STALIN BLOCKADE BERLIN?
After he block the railways and the roadblocks, he thought that he was going to win Berlin and a propaganda victory. If Truman decided to ram the blocks, it would be seen as an act of war
THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
West Germany planes flew over East Germany to send food and raw materials to Berlin.
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NATO AND WARSAW PACT
Nato: capitalist countries
warsaw pact: communist
protect each other if someone attack a ally.
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Conferences
POTSDAM June 1945
April: Roosevelt died, new president Truman
Stalin in Eastern Europe Poland communist
The US tested the atomic bomb
DISAGREEMENTS
Cripple Germany
USSR compensation of the deaths
Unification of Eastern Europe
YALTA February 1945
Stalin enter to the war against Japan
divided Germany (france, Uk, ussr and us)
free election to the liberated countries
punish war criminals
creation of the United Natinos
Soviet sphere of influence ( expand the communist by sharing their ideas)
DISAGREEMENT:
Poland: Stalin wanted to move to western taking a part of Poland
United States
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
Greece 1947
Civil war in Greece
Communist against the monarchy
the US (TRUMAN)paid the cost of the civil war
the monarchy won
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FROM 1945 TO 1991
3 stages:
first cold war (1945-1961)
the peaceful coexistence (1961-1973)
second cold war (1973-1991)