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Cold War summarized

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↳ Geopolitical conflict between the USA and the USSR
*
1947-1991




Background




/
USA USSR
✓
democracy ✓ Dictatorship
✓ Capitalist ✓ Communism

✓ Freedom > equality ✓ freedom
equality >

, CONFRENCES
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Feb 1945 Allied leaders
planning what would happen to Europe after the war




Big three Germany divided into 4 sections → Berlin also divided into four .




POTSDAM




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July 1945
→
Allied leaders meet again meeting ruledbyclsclndllssl? rivalry
.




changed Dynamics .




✓
statins armies
occupying Eastern Europe
✓
hesetupa communist government in Poland
✓
America hadanew president
✓
Harry Truman CNewp.ii.es) did not trust Stalin
✓ USA tested atomic bomb caused tension between them .
,




Disagreements between them :

Germany ?
✓ What to do with

USSR ->
cripple Germany in conclusion :

USA →
don't repeat actions of WWI Nuclear agreement
was made and

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USSR →
wanted compensation USA and USSR

USA →
treaty of versailles cannot happen again increased .




✓ Soviet
Policy
USA - Truman did not approve of USSR
"
"
sphere of Influence

, DIVISION AND CONSEQUNCES


DIVISION Of Germany
✓
Germany divided Into 4 sections

✓ Berlin ( Capitol ) divided Into 4 sections
•
this was because the leaders did not trust Stalin with total control
.




✓ East Germany vs West Germany




Soviet america, brittan

Union and France



Stalin in Eastern Europe
✓
1946 domination over East
✓ satelite states now had Soviet
governments
✓ Border between West and East became known as the iron curtain .




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, POLICY OF CONTAINMENT

→
policy made by USA avoid spread
,
of communism .




→
contrasted to the policy of Isolation .




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Truman Doctrine :
✓
March 1947

✓
America would send
money equipment and/or
, advise to any country that was

threatened with a communist take over .




Marshall Plan :
✓ Economic Aid plan
✓
America gave $17 billion between 1948-1952



Stalin's Response =



✓ saw marshal
plan as dollar diplomacy .




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to suit ones
using flnacial pressure country .




✓
He forbade satelite states from accepting MA .




✓ 1949 = MOLOTOV plan = aid to communism countries .

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