The 1940’sThe 1940’sBy Nitin Gohri

AndBryant White

Overview1.WWII Ends

2.Creation of East and West Germany

3.Berlin Airlift4.The Iron Curtain Speech5.Communist Revolution in

China6.Taiwan’s Independence7.Atlantic Charter8.Marshall Plan

Intro to China and Cold War

Winston Churchill1.Warned English of

Future War2.Iron Curtain Speech

3.War does break out

East Germany1.Soviet Side

2.Made up of by Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, Saxony, and Saxony Anhalt

3.Walter Ulbricht4.Bordered by Baltic Sea, Poland,

Czech Republic, and West Germany

West Germany1.US side

2.Made up of Bavaria Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and Schleswig-Holstein

3.Capital = Bonn4.West Germany was bordered on the north by the

North Sea, on the east by East Germany, on the south by Austria, and on the west by France.

5.Problems in Germany

Berlin Airlift1.Eleven Months2.US delivered food to West Germany

3.Reason: Soviets blockaded all water ports and train ways

4.Soviets were humiliated

Chiang Kai-shek1.Leader of Military campaign against Warlords

2.Realized Communism = Bad idea

3.Eliminated group4.Group came back5.New Leader = Mao Zedong

Mao ZedongMao Zedong1.Made China Communist in 1949

2.Influenced by Soviet government

3.Supported Soviets

TaiwanTaiwan1.Became Independent in 1949

2.US side of Cold War

3.Leader Chiang Kai-shek

Video of Communism Video of Communism in Chinain China

The Atlantic CharterThe Atlantic Charter

•Written by the U.S. and Great Britain in 1941•Gave Europeans the right to self determination•Prevented future aggression of a single nation

www.ssa.gov

ContainmentContainment

U.S. policy in dealing with communismWanted to rebuild peace in EuropeUsed diplomacy, politics, and

economics as a weapon

www.oldenburger.us

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ComeconComecon

Established in January, 1949

It was an economic alliance meant to fix the economies of the countries in the Soviet bloc.

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Comecon

NATONATO

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The Truman DoctrineThe Truman Doctrine

Harry S. Truman

March 12, 1947

Gave $400 million to Greece and turkey and freed them of Soviet control

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