Origins of the Cold War U S Soviet

Origins of the Cold War U. S. -Soviet Relations to 1945 Allies in World War II Postwar Cooperation – the U. N Satellite States in Eastern Europe Occupation Zones in Germany Iron Curtain

coldwar • Uneasy peace between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. • Competition for world dominance and global power. • Fought on political and economic fronts rather than on military battlefields-----Even though the threat of war was always present. • Defined America’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1989. • It affected domestic politics and how Americans viewed the world and themselves. • Constant state of military preparedness and arms race ·Propaganda war----Democracy vs Communism ·US policy: Support nations threatened by Communism

NAT O Communistic Warsaw Pact

The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The map/cold war Beginning of the Cold War 1950’s Democracy vs. Communism Bi-Polarization of the World US, Allied Nations and Allied colonies. Soviet Union/China and Allies……. .

The Cold War: Roots of the Conflict Soviet Expansion: · The Soviet Union occupied most of Eastern Europe by the end of World War II.

Satellite State When a nation is under the control of another. Ex. Part of Germany was under the control of the Soviet Union. Other examples: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria

The “Iron Curtain” From Stettin in the Balkans, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lies the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern Europe. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1946

Truman Doctrine [1947] 1. Civil War in Greece. 2. Turkey under pressure from the USSR for concessions in the Dardanelles. 3. The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside pressures…We must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. 4. The U. S. gave Greece & Turkey $400 million in aid.

Marshall Plan [1948] 1. “European Recovery Program. ” 2. Secretary of State, George Marshall 3. The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. 4. $12. 5 billion of US aid to Western Europe extended to Eastern Europe & USSR, [but this was rejected].

* The U. S. gave over $12 billion in aid to European countries between 1948 and 1952, helping to improve their economies and lessen the chance of communist revolutions.

Soviet Reaction Soviets and satellites reject Marshall Plan Soviets initiate its own aid plan – The Molotov Plan

map/cold war 1950’s Containment: Stop the expansion of Communism in Asia and Europe US, Allied Nations and Allied colonies. Soviet Union/China and Allies……. .

Soviet Union 1918 Berlin Blockade 19478 Eastern Europe 1946 China 1949 Korean War 1950 to 1953 CONTAINMENT Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO Korean War COMMUNIST EXPANSION

Focus on Berlin After World War II, Germany was divided into four zones, occupied by French, British, American, and Soviet troops. Occupation zones after 1945. Berlin is the multinational area within the Soviet zone.

Soviet blockade: East Berlin West Germany East Germany West Berlin · In June of 1948, the French, British and American zones were joined into the nation of West Germany after the Soviets refused to end their occupation of Germany.

· In response, the Soviets cut off West Berlin from the rest of the world with a blockade. Eventual site of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Airlift · President Truman decided to avoid the blockade by flying in food and other supplies to the needy people of West Berlin. · At times, over 5, 000 tons of supplies arrived daily.

Berlin Blockade & Airlift (194849)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) Military alliance to counter Soviet expansion. v United States v Luxemburg v Belgium v Netherlands v Britain v Norway v Canada v Portugal v Denmark v 1952: Greece & v France v Iceland v Italy Turkey v 1955: West Germany v 1983: Spain

NATO

Warsaw Pact (1955) Soviet Union and satellite states rival alliance to NATO } } U. S. S. R. Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia } } East Germany Hungary Poland Rumania

Soviets get the bomb By 1949, the Soviet Union develops an atomic bomb of its own. The arms race begins.

Mao Tse Tung • Mao Tse Tung, defeats Chang Kai Shek in the Chinese Civil War…. . • China became a communistic country. • Chang Kai Shak is exiled to Taiwan. • Mao Tse Tung becomes the Communistic leader of China. • US believed there was a communistic plot to rule the world NATO Chang Kai Shek

• 1950 to 1953, North Korea invades South Korea. • North Korea was a communist nation and South Korea was a democracy. • First war of “containment” policy to stop communism • “Police Action” not a declared war • President Truman leads United Nations. • General Douglas Mac. Arthur commands US and UN troops. • Called “forgotten war”.

Truman vs. Mac. Arthur • Truman fires General Mac. Arthur when he advises Truman he would use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.

• Stalemate by 1953. • Pres. Eisenhower negotiated an end to war • Divided at 38 th parallel • Communism contained • Remains divided today