the cold war abroad
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The United States The Soviet Union
Post World War II Plans• Yalta Meeting (Feb. 1945): • European nations to be democratic, United Nations created
Post World War II Plans
• Potsdam conference (July 1945): • Germany divided into 4 zones (USA, S.U., G.B., France)
Iron Curtain• Stalin wanted barrier around S.U.
• Eastern European nations communist, controlled by Soviets
“Satellite states”
“From Stettin in the North to Trieste in the south, an iron curtain has descended over Europe.”
Winston Churchill to Americans in Speech
Containment Policy
U.S. foreign policy that sought to prevent the spread of Soviet communism
George Kennan – creator of theContainment policy
Truman supported withTruman Doctrine!
Truman Doctrine (1947)• Response to communist takeover attempt in Greece• Truman gives economic aid to countries fighting communism• $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey
Controversial example of containment
Marshall Plan (1948-1951)• Europe needed to be rebuilt after WWII
Dresden, GermanyLondon, England
Marshall Plan (1948-1951)• Sec. of State George Marshall--give friendly aid• economic recovery was necessary for world peace
West Germanadvertisement
The free trainof the Marshall Plan
MarshallPlan
$12.5 billion
Marshall Plan (1948-1951)
• S.U. and Eastern countries refuse aid
Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)• Berlin also divided into 4 zones • Soviet zone weak, others prospered and cooperated
Marshall Plan and West Berlin
Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)• East Berliners could see difference and left • Stalin blockaded West Berlin to stop this
Soviets closed Berlin’s railway lines, canals, roads. W. Berlin had 36 days of supplies.
Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)• Allies airlift supplies until blockade ended
Lasted 11 months!
“Operation Vittles”
Every ten minutes a plane took off with supplies for West Berlin.327 days 277,000 flights 2.5 million tons of supplies
NATO (1949) and Warsaw Pact• defensive military alliance created • called North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Warsaw Pact created in response (S.U.and E. Europe)
Nuclear Arms Race• 1949--Soviet Union achieves A-bomb
Russian ScientistKurchatov“Joe -1” Russian A-bomb
Nuclear Arms Race• U.S. quadruples defense spending • 1952--U.S. invents Hydrogen "super" bomb
H-BombTest
Fireball 3 miles
18 mths. laterSoviets have it
New Leaders
1952 Eisenhower elected1953 Stalin dies; Nikita Kruschev takes
overNuclear deterrence begins (don’t want
WWIII)
Eisenhower Kruschev
Metacognition Statement:
I know that I know something about Cold War events.
First,
In addition,
Finally,
Now you know something that I know about Cold War events.
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