Postwar Europe and the Birth of the Cold War
Things to Cover Postwar Europe Causes of the Cold War Worksheet The Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine Division of Germany Berlin Blockade Causes of the Cold War Worksheet
We Didn't Start the Fire - 1989
Postwar Europe
The Marshall Plan European Recovery Program (ERP) Sec. of State George Marshall Began in April 1948 and lasted four years
The Marshall Plan Provided monetary aid to recovering European countries Most nations affected by World War II accepted USSR did not
Truman Doctrine 1947 Greece and Turkey
Division of Germany
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade June 1948-May 1949 Soviets cut off railroads to Berlin US Air Force and the British Royal Air Force
Berlin Blockade Over 200,000 flights total Approximately 550 flights a day Brought necessities of life
Berlin Blockade Humiliates Soviets (thus widening the ideological gap between East and West) Leads to creation of East and West Germany
Causes of the Cold War
Causes of the Cold War Ideological Issues Economic Issues Tensions from WWII Containment Atomic bombs
Iron Curtain Speech
Cold War Figures WS
Rocky IV - Cold War