The Cold War Develops
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- The Cold War Develops
- Germany and The Cold War
- Capitalist countries united against communists through Bizonia
- Communists wanted a weak Germany through division (Berlin Blockade)
- Berlin Airlift (26 Jun- 30 Sept 1949) thousands of tonnes of supplies daily
- West Germany
- USA= peace & generous
- West Germany officially formed (FRG)
- Western European countries & USA form NATO
- East Germany
- USSR= aggressive & threatening
- East Germany officially formed (GDR)
- USSR form Warsaw Pact
- West Germany
- Cominform, Comecon & NATO
- Cominform= communist info bureau
- get rid of opposition in satellite states
- it encouraged communist parties to block MP
- Comecon= council of mutual economic assistance
- Western Europe now linked to USA
- Eastern Europe linked to USSR
- NATO
- set up in 1949 (military alliance of capitalist countries)
- NATO based of collective security
- NATO against possible USSR attack on Western Europe
- Significance of NATO
- shows USA & Western Europe not accepting USSR aggression
- USSR strengthen control of East (Warsaw Pact)
- two military alliances on across iron curtain
- Cominform= communist info bureau
- Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- countries face choice
- communism is bad
- USA control spread of communism
- USA provide money & troops to combat communists
- Europe devastated by war (communism more attractive)
- Marshall Plan (1947)
- $13 billion loan
- stop communism
- countries must trade with USA
- USSR criticise Marshall plan (attack on them)
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Germany and The Cold War
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