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What was to blame for cold war tensions? |
USA - atom bomb - Truman doctorine/Marshall aid - trizonia & currency - Berlin airlift - Creation of NATO USSR - Polish border moved & comm gov - Berlin blockade - Warsaw pact |
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The Yalta Conference |
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin - Feb 1945
Germany to be split into 4 zones .Germany will pay reparations .Free elections in liberated countries .War criminals punished .Eastern Europe would be a Soviet sphere of influence .Polish border would be moved (west were unhappy by accepting) |
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The Potsdam Conference |
Attlee, Trueman, Stalin - July 1945
.Stalin wanted to cripple Germany (west dissagreed) .Stalin wanted huge reparations (west disagreed) .Stalin wanted to act on his Soviet sphere of influence (Truman was sulky)
Stalin now knew about he atom bomb Stalin had control of Baltic States
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The iron curtain |
Stalin achieved domination of eastern Europe. By 1946 Baltic States were communist. Later in 1947 Stalin introduced cominform that coordinated the work of communist parties. |
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Escalations |
America dropped the policy of isolation. Roosevelt stated that every communist action would be met with an American reaction to stop Soviet communism. |
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Greece |
In 1945 Churchill sent troops to supervise the elections and ended up supporting the monarhists over the communists in a civil war after Stalin protested and tried to take control. Britain couldn't afford a war so Truman stepped in only just victorious. |
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The Truman doctorine |
USA would sent money equipment and advice to communist threatened countries to serve containment. The Marshall plan in 1947 sent $17 billion to Europe. Congress were hesitant but after antisoviet leaders were purged regarding communist take over in Czech_ they accepted. |
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Berlin Blockade |
In 1946 the west combined their zones and introduced a new currency to steadily repare Germany. In 1948 Stalin blocked all supply lines to Berlin. The airlift meant planes could not be shot down without it being an act of war. After 1949 Stalin gave up and opened communication. |
