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How did the legacy of WWII make a
Cold War more likely?
- Power Vacuum
- created in Europe (into which USA & USSR were
drawn
- Defeat of Nazi Germany had left large areas of Europe
without administration/government
- Defeat of Nazi Germany had left large areas of Europe
without administration/government
- created in Europe (into which USA & USSR were
drawn
- Economic devastation
- over 16 million homeless in Europe
- desperate need for reconstruction
- USA & USSR provided inspiration for alternative methods
of bringing about economic recovery in Europe
- USA & USSR provided inspiration for alternative methods
of bringing about economic recovery in Europe
- desperate need for reconstruction
- over 16 million homeless in Europe
- highlighted the emergence of USA & USSR as powers with capacity to dominate
Europe
- neither wanted other to dominate power vacuum
- division of Europe into spheres of influence & tensions developed over their
limits
- division of Europe into spheres of influence & tensions developed over their
limits
- Spheres of Influence
- neither wanted other to dominate power vacuum
- Ideological differences
- Roosevelt wanted to promote international co-operation and spread democracy
as the basis of world peace
- USSR was now in better position to pursue its own foreign policy aims
of securing its borders & spreading communism by territorial acquisition
- Roosevelt wanted to promote international co-operation and spread democracy
as the basis of world peace
- Distrust & suspicion
- Stalin had been suspicious of GB & USA's delay in opening second
front against Hitler
- US gvt. uneasy with Stalin's ruthless policies (purges of 1930s etc.)
- Stalin had been suspicious of GB & USA's delay in opening second
front against Hitler
- Development of Atomic Bomb
- power of destruction seen at Hiroshima sent Stalin clear message about military superiority of USA
- Truman's failure to notify Stalin added to Soviets' suspicion of US motives
- Truman's failure to notify Stalin added to Soviets' suspicion of US motives
- power of destruction seen at Hiroshima sent Stalin clear message about military superiority of USA
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