The Cold War

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Cold War

The president of USA in Feb 1945 was Roosevelt and the president of 1945 was Truman.

The leader of Russia in the year 1956 was Stalin.

A cold war is a war where the Americans and Russians were enemies but they didn`t declare war. However they did everything to oppose each other short of war.

There are many causes of the cold war, 4 causes are; Beliefs (ideologies or communist/capitalist beliefs), Aims (what did each leader aim for), Resentment about History and Events.

Communists believe that means of production should be controlled and owned by them.

If the USA believe that they are a capitalist democracy this means that capitalists believe that property and industry should be privately owned and that democracy is where the people can elect their own government.

2 reasons why the Potsdam Conference was less successful than Yalta is because: 1. In march 1945, Stalin had invited non-Communist Polish leaders to meet him, and then arrested them. 2. America had a new president who was President Truman, who was determined to get tough with Russians.

THREE things that the ‘Big Three’

disagreed about at Potsdam were;

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They disagreed over what to do about Germany.

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They disagreed over Soviet policy in eastern Europe. Truman was unhappy

of Russian intentions.

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Size of reparations Germany ought to pay.

Britain and USA could not accept from Stalin was that Stalin had signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact with Germany in 1939.

Many of the leaders wanted peace and they had many reasons for it, such as Stalin 2 reasons for him were; 1. Huge reparations from Germany. 2. a buffer of friendly states to protect USSR from being invaded again.

USA and Britain were worried this was mainly about Stalin`s plans this was about that large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control.

Russia developed the atomic bomb in the year 1949.

In 5th march 1949 Churchill made an Fulton speech this was about he said `a shadow` had fallen on Eastern Europe, which was no cut off from free world by `an iron curtain`. Behind that line, he said, the people of Eastern Europe were `subject to Soviet influence . . . totalitarian control [and] police governments`.

After WW2 had finished Britain kept soldiers in Greece this is cos to support Greek free government against communists.

When British could no longer afford to keep soldiers in Greece America paid for soldiers and also gave economic aid to Greece.

There are many things that the Truman Doctrine could`ve said, one thing is that Truman told Americans that it was America`s duty to stop communism.

As Marshall made Marshall Plan he proposed this is cos he said that every country in Europe was so poor that it was in danger of turning communist.

Amount of aid Marshall Plan want to send to Europe was $17 billion.

There were many countries that turned communist in march 1948 one was Czechoslovakia.

Marshall Aid had a rival this was set up by Stalin in 1947 which was Cominform.

There are many causes of the Berlin blockade , 5 causes are; 1. Cold war was just getting started 2. Aims 3. Bizonia 4. American aid 5. New Currency.

Blockade lasted 318 days.

US and Britain supplied the Berliners by airplane.

There are many results of the Berlin blockade, 4 are; 1. Cold war got worse 2. East and West Germany 3. NATO and Warsaw Pact 4. Arms race.

There were many countries in Warsaw pact, 8 are; Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Poland and Romania.