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1 Cold War Policies Containment

2 Containing Communism USSR refuses to cooperate with Yalta agreements
UK and US compare relations to Stalin with those with Hitler before WWII The Long Telegram, February 1946 Soviets fear the West- struggle against capitalism Impossible to reach settlement Soviet system is flawed Containment of Russian communism, power, and influence Iran Crisis, March 1946 Stalin demands Iranian oil supplies in northern Iran USSR helps Iranian communists set up government US battleships threaten Soviets in Iran= USSR withdraws

3 The Truman Doctrine USSR tries to spread communist influence to Greece and Turkey Britain can’t afford to fight Truman asks Congress for $400 million Truman Doctrine Support free peoples of the world Fight Soviet aggression Stop the spread of Communism

4 MarshalL Plan Problems in post-war Western Europe
Starvation Chaos Economic ruin Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) Give European nations American aid to rebuild economies Create political and social conditions so democratic societies can exist USSR and satellite nations (Eastern Europe) reject aid Sent supplies, machinery, and food to Western Europe Weakened the appeal of communism and opened new markets for trade Truman sends aid to other countries in need around the world

5 Berlin Airlift Germany’s recovery= Western Europe’s success
USSR wants Germany to pay heavy reparations France, US, and UK merge German/Berlin zones Allow Germany to have own government, no military USSR cuts road and rail traffic to West Berlin Want to force US to abandon West Germany US sends bombers with atomic weapons to Britain Berlin Airlift US sends air force to fly supplies to Berlin 2 million tons of supplies sent Stalin lifts blockade US doesn’t give in to Stalin

6 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) USSR starts Warsaw Pact
Mutual defense alliance 12 countries: US, Canada, UK, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Iceland Agree to come to aid of any member attacked Germany allowed to rearm and join NATO in 1955 USSR starts Warsaw Pact Military alliance in Eastern Europe

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