1. The Cold War in Europe

2. Anti-Communist Pamphlet-1930’s

5. The Alliance Breaks Down
Americans and Soviets shared a common enemy during the war: the Nazis
Once the war ended, U.S.-Soviet alliance began to break down
“Cold War” began soon after 1945

6. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at the Yalta Conference

7. Post-War Germany:
A Fragmented State

8. Soviets occupied much of Eastern Europe and established “puppet regimes” there
U.S. and other Western nations condemned these actions

9. In 1946, Winston Churchill of Britain made a speech that claimed an “Iron Curtain” of communism had descended across Europe
Stalin interpreted this statement as a call for war against the Soviet Union

12. The Bomb
Some historians have argued that Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be seen as the beginning of the Cold War
Soviet spies had already infiltrated the Manhattan Project to steal U.S. nuclear secrets by 1945
Soviets detonated their first bomb in 1949

15. “I believe it must be the policy of the
United States to support free people
who are resisting attempted subjugation
by armed minorities or by outside pressure.”
President Harry Truman, 1947

16. The Berlin Airlift
Stalin attempted to shut off access to West Berlin in 1948
U.S. responded by airlifting supplies to the people of West Berlin
Stalin backed down

19. The Berlin Wall
Constructed in 1961 to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West
Became the symbol of the Cold War
Escape attempts over, around, and through the wall became famous