-The Soviet Union saw the Marshall Plan as 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 with the Soviet Union.
-Stalin feared the US, thus believed that the USSR needed a barrier between Soviet territory and the US’s allies in Western Europe, the capitalist nations.
-Stalin feared a Western invasion of Russia from Europe as had occurred in 1918 (during the Russian Civil War) and in the Second World War (from Nazi Germany). …show more content…
-At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Germany was divided into four zones. Berlin itself was also divided into four zones.
-In June 1938, Britain, France and the USA joined their three zones to from one country known as West Germany.
-A few weeks later, Stalin cut off all road and railway tracks to West Berlin.
-The West saw this as the Soviet attempt to starve Berlin so that the Western Powers would surrender it to communist control. However, it was decided to supply West Berlin with resources through air.
-This became known as the Berlin airlift.
-The Berlin blockade lasted for 318 days . On May 12 1949, Stalin called off the
-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 with the Soviet Union.
-Stalin feared the US, thus believed that the USSR needed a barrier between Soviet territory and the US’s allies in Western Europe, the capitalist nations.
-Stalin feared a Western invasion of Russia from Europe as had occurred in 1918 (during the Russian Civil War) and in the Second World War (from Nazi Germany). …show more content…
-At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Germany was divided into four zones. Berlin itself was also divided into four zones.
-In June 1938, Britain, France and the USA joined their three zones to from one country known as West Germany.
-A few weeks later, Stalin cut off all road and railway tracks to West Berlin.
-The West saw this as the Soviet attempt to starve Berlin so that the Western Powers would surrender it to communist control. However, it was decided to supply West Berlin with resources through air.
-This became known as the Berlin airlift.
-The Berlin blockade lasted for 318 days . On May 12 1949, Stalin called off the