Eastern Europe

It all began in 1945, at the end of World War II, when the Allies had divided Germany and its capital, Berlin, into four occupation zones. The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain and eventually, France. To prevent the migration phenomenon and to control the eastern part, Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin's successor at the helm of the USSR, proposed and applied a fateful solution for this so-called "problem" –building the…

One consequence of the Truman Doctrine was the introduction of Marshall Aid into Europe, where America funded the rebuilding of various countries that had suffered economically from WWII. The Truman Doctrine was a response to the rising threat of Russia and Communism, as it expanded its influence into the impoverished Eastern Europe, and was the official attitude that the USA took towards quashing the spread. The doctrine stated that, in order to prevent the spread of communist control,…

After World War II (WWII), Germany was split into a Western and Eastern half. The Soviet Union took the Eastern half, and the United States, France, and Great Britain took the Western half; they were considered the victors of World War II. Berlin being in the center of the Soviet Union’s territory was also split. Instead of two sides, it was split in to four sections. One side was for each victor to oversee and rebuild, since it was basically destroyed during the war. Because of this, the four…

American ideologies over what would be a secure political arrangement of peoples and nations in the aftermath of WW II The first area of disagreement of theeee Cold War was Eastern Europe One factor that helped start the Cold War in Eastern Europe was Stalin’s want to employ for-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a neutral area The United States of America threw out the Truman Doctrine to Congress in March 1947. The doctrine wanted to give Greece and Turkey $400…

Union into conflict over the future of postwar Europe, especially Eastern Europe and Germany. At the end of the war, the Red Army occupied the majority of Eastern Europe, while American and British forces held Western Europe. Stalin and the Soviets viewed control of Eastern Europe as paramount to their future defense. Mindful of past invasions from the west, especially through Poland, the Soviets sought to create a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. This sphere would serve as a region of…

would be involved in the Cold War. In March 1946, former British Minister Winston Churchill spoke of the dangers to basic liberties posted by the Soviet system of government. He declared that an “Iron Curtain” (Document 1) has descended over Eastern Europe trapping Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and East Germany. In Document 2, Churchill's “Iron Curtain Speech” expressed…

migration has always been an issue, but recently it has escalated to the point, where politicians are paying close attention to it. They have also make immigration an issue on their agendas to be focus on in security matter, especially in Western Europe and the United States. The awareness of international migration poses a threat in conjunction with the ever growing number of immigrant in the world. Statistics has been showing that there were more than 191 million persons living outside their…

part of the capitalist agenda of the USA to expand its sphere of influence intro Eastern Europe, “Soviet Territory”. -They accused the US of attempting to impose its ideology and beliefs onto otherwise free and independent states -Following the announcing of the Marshall Plan, Moscow announced the Molotov Plan. This led to the linking of Eastern Europe’s economy to that of the USSR. -This aid would prevent Eastern European countries to rely on American aid and instead reorganize their trade…

territory in Eastern Europe that would protect them from attacks from the West. While, The United States was committed to free and democratic elections in Eastern Europe. In the aftermath of the Second WWII power blocs were formed in Europe, in which one of them was dominated by America and capitalist democracy, while the other was dominated by the Soviet Union and communism. America was fearful of communism dominating the continent, but Russia wanted the opposite. They wanted a communist…

The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and financial battle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR that began in 1947 toward the end of the Second World War and endured until the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991. The Soviets reacted to the Marshall Plan with the Zhdanov Doctrine, uncovered in October of 1947. The Zhdanov Doctrine guaranteed that the United States was looking for worldwide mastery through American dominion, and in addition the breakdown of…