the cold war 1945-1991. post wwii europe 1941-atlantic charter between the usa and g.b february...
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The Cold War
1945-1991
Post WWII Europe
• 1941-Atlantic Charter between the USA and G.B• February 1945-Yalta Conference – USA, GB &
USSR – What to do with Europe after the war?– Germany would be split into four occupation zones
after the war– Poland would be Communist like Russia – but would
have free elections– All three nations, including France and China would
join the United Nations and create its powerful security council
Potsdam Conference – July 1945
• USA, GB & USSR agreed to the following things:– Germany would follow through with: demilitarization,
denazification, democratization, decentralization and decartelization.
– Try Nazis for war crimes and crimes against humanity– Regulate German industry in order to pay reparations
to the USSR and to ensure the country to did fall into a Depression again
– USSR wanted “buffer zones”- countries in Eastern Europe that were “friendly” to guard against any attacks
Rebuilding Europe- American Policies
• Truman Doctrine – “a pledge to provide economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism.”
• Marshall Plan- $13 billion given to Western Europe to rebuild. USSR blocked aid to Eastern Europe- fearing its democratic influence
• Containment- American policy to “contain” Communism to the east – (stop communism from spreading)
Berlin Airlift
• Map Actvity • Watch Youtube Movie
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
• 1949- NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization– USSA, Canada, Netherlands, Luxemburg, France,
United Kingdom (GB), Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland
– 1950-1953- Korean War – no clear winner• 1955- Warsaw Pact – USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania
The Cold War Begins
• 1949- USSR tests its first atomic bomb• Fall 1952- USA tests the hydrogen bomb– Less than a year later USSR tests their first hydrogen
bomb• Deterrence – development and maintenance of
military power in order to deter an attack • October 1957- Russia launches Sputnik• 1961- Russia builds the Berlin Wall • Conflict in Cuba, Middle East and Asia intensify