Road to War -3
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- Who was to blame for the Cold War?
- Truman Doctrine
- 12 March 1947 - Truman
- Americas duty to interfere in Europe
- Policy of containment
- Give aid to all those under threat from communism
- Americas duty to interfere in Europe
- 12 March 1947 - Truman
- Greece & Turkey
- 1946 - Greece & Turkey only countries in E.Europe no communist
- Greece gov. supported by Brits, civil war vs coms
- Feb 1947 - Br told Truman couldn't keep troops in greece
- USA then paid for Br troops in Greece
- Congress also voted to give Turkey aid
- USA then paid for Br troops in Greece
- American Policy
- Truman Doctrine
- 12 March 1947 - Truman
- Americas duty to interfere in Europe
- Policy of containment
- Give aid to all those under threat from communism
- Americas duty to interfere in Europe
- 12 March 1947 - Truman
- Marshall Plan
- June 1947 - George Marshall (American gen.) went to Europe
- All Europe so poor - threat of communism
- America give $17bn of aid to stop threat
- July 1947 - led by Br & Fr - met up in Paris - decide what they needed
- America give $17bn of aid to stop threat
- All Europe so poor - threat of communism
- June 1947 - George Marshall (American gen.) went to Europe
- Truman Doctrine
- US Aid
- Greece & Turkey
- 1946 - Greece & Turkey only countries in E.Europe no communist
- Greece gov. supported by Brits, civil war vs coms
- Feb 1947 - Br told Truman couldn't keep troops in greece
- USA then paid for Br troops in Greece
- Congress also voted to give Turkey aid
- USA then paid for Br troops in Greece
- Czechoslovakia
- Feb 1948 - communists took power
- 10 March - mysterious suicide Minister Jan Masaryk
- Congress votes for Marshall aid 31st march 1948
- 10 March - mysterious suicide Minister Jan Masaryk
- Feb 1948 - communists took power
- Greece & Turkey
- Cominform
- Soviets hated Marshall aid
- Communist countries not allowed to ask from money
- Oct 1947 - Cominform
- All communist gov. in Europe - allowed control
- Jan1949 - Comecon
- Economic Union of Com Govs.
- Controlled iron curtain economies
- Economic Union of Com Govs.
- Soviets hated Marshall aid
- Berlin Blockade
- Facts
- Airlift - 'Operation Vittles' - 26 Jun 1948
- Winter of 1948-9 - lived off Dried potatoes, powdered eggs, canned meat - elec for 4 hrs a day
- 275,000 flights - 1 & half mil tonnes of supplies - plane every 3 mins
- Blockade lasted 318 days - 11 months
- 16 April 1949, 1400 flights, 13,000 tons of supplies in one day – Only needed 6,000 tons a day to survive.
- Truman supplies Berlin by air - 12 May 1949 - Stalin re-opens boarders
- Some pilots dropped chocolate & sweets
- American Airmen -Heroes
- US stationed B-29 bombers in UK
- Continued until 30th Sept 1949
- Who caused it? C.A.B.A.N
- Bizonia
- Jan 1947 -Br & US zones join - get industry working
- Aims
- Stalin wanted to destroy G
- Br & USA wanted to rebuild G
- American Aid
- Straight after Marshall aid vote -Stalin searching all traffic into Berlin
- Cold War
- Just starting - Czech 1948
- New Currency
- 1st Jun - USA & Fr announce want to make W. Germany
- 23rd Jun- New currency into W. Berlin & Bizonia
- Next day -Russians stop all traffic into Berlin
- Bizonia
- Results? C.E.N.A
- NATO & Warsaw Pact
- E & W Germany - May 1949 = W, Oct 1949 = E
- Arms Race
- Cold war worsened - almost all out war
- Facts
- Truman Doctrine
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