1. THE COLD WAR & THE IRON CURTAIN
CONTAINMENT
THE COLD WAR & THE IRON CURTAIN

2. TRUMAN DOCTRINE
March 12, 1947
U.S. must help any nation who is fighting against communism taking over their own country.

3. CONTAINMENT DEFINITION U.S POLICY PREVENT SPREAD OF COMMUNISM
SPELLED OUT THROUGH A VARIETY OF SPEECHES, PLANS, & DOCUMENTS

4. WHY? SOVIET EXPANSION INTO EASTERN EUROPE
COUNTRIES OCCUPIED BY THE NAZIS AND LIBERATED BY THE SOVIETS BECOME SATELLITE NATIONS

5. The Marshall Plan PART OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN FOR EUROPE
U.S. WOULD GIVE FINANCIAL AID TO EUROPE
SOVIET UNION CONTROLLED COUNTRIES DON’T PARTICIPATE
MONEY GOES TO STIMULATE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

6. Berlin Airlifts FIRST MAJOR CONFRONTATION OF THE COLD WAR
JUNE 1948 – May 1949
STALIN BLOCKADES THE CITY OF BERLIN STILL DIVIDED INTO FOUR ZONES

8. U.S. MAKES REGULAR FLIGHTS TO DELIVER NECESSARY GOOD TO CITY.
500 FLIGHTS A DAY; OVER 250,000 IN 10 MONTHS.
LASTED 10 MONTHS…SOVIETS EVENTUALLY END IT

9. NATO
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
12 European Nations (Plus Canadia & the U.S.)
An attack against 1 = attack against all!!!

10. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Created in 1949 as a Military Alliance
Original members:
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Exists to protect each member country from Soviet/Russian takeover, occupation or invasion.
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal UK
USA

11. NSC 68 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DOCUMENT Itn’l Policy/Strategy
U.S. must triple its DEFENSE BUDGET
Based on New Demands for GLOBAL SECURITY: (Soviet threat of communism)

12. CONTAINMENT con’t…
When the possibility that Greece and Turkey could become Communist, Truman gave his speech declaring loyalty to any country who fights communism.
Examples
Greece NATO ‘52
Turkey NATO ‘52

13. WARSAW PACT
AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES STILL UNDER SOVIET CONTROL/INFLUENCE
AKA = SOVIET SATELLITE NATIONS
MADE IN RESPONSE TO NATO.
MAYBE THIS ANGERED SOME EUROPEANS LIVING IN COMMUNIST EUROPE?

15. WARSAW PACT Create in 1955 as a balance to the power of NATO.
Original Memebers:
Soviet Union
Albania
Poland
Romania
Hungary
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria

16. QUESTION (YES, WRITE IT DOWN)
Do you believe that the United States’ policy on containment helped advance the Cold War relations with the Soviet Union?
-Take a stand
-Support your answer with facts.
-Give the opposing point of view.
-Conclude your 2 (yes, T-W-O) paragraphs.