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11 Cards in this Set
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Second Front
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Stalin's proposal to fight Germany in France, relieving pressure of German attack on USSR
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the purges
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Stalin arrests his enemies in the party, in the armed forces, in secret police. 1936-39. A wave of terror
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containment
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US policy to prevent spread of Communism to other countries
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Yalta Conference
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1. created United Nations
2. divided Germany + Austria into zones of occupation 3. free elections Eastern Europe 4. USSR joins against Japan 5. borders of Poland |
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coalition government
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government representatives from several parties. Coalitions in Eastern European countries included Communists - giving them a foothold
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Truman doctrine
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USA would aid any country under attack by armed minorities. (aim: to prevent Communism spreading to other countries)
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Marshall Plan
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plan to give financial support to Europe
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NATO
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 1949
military alliance between USA, Canada, most of Western Europe to defend West during Cold War |
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Czechoslovakian Crisis 1948
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Before elections (where communists expected to do badly), communists in government purge non-communists in government and take over country with little bloodshed
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Berlin Blockade 1948-1949
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USA, Britain + France set up a separate West German state with a separate currency. Stalin responds by blockading Berlin. West responds by airlifting food + fuel into Berlin
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McCarthyism / The Red Scare
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movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy to remove communist sympathisers from all section of American life - including some members of Truman's government.
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