1945- 1949 Flashcards

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Berlin Blockade

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When the USSR blocked the Western Allies ‘ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.

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Comecon

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Made in 1949 .The economic union of communist states which promised economic aid to its members. Any nation that joined the Comecon was banned from accepting any money from the Americans under the Marshall Plan.

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Cominform

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a Soviet -dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poręba, Poland.

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Communism

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is a political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the public or the state

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Capitalism

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an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit.

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Berlin Airlift

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a massive operation to airlift basic supplies to the people of West Berlin following the Berlin Blockade. The operation began on June 26, 1948

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The Iron Curtain

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The term used to describe the divide and tensions between Eastern and Western Europe after WW2

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Yalta Conference

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February 1945. The “Big Three” Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt met to discuss the future of Britain and to split up Germany

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Potsdam Conference

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July 1945. The leaders of the “Big Three” had changed. Churchill to Atlee
, Roosevelt to Truman.
Stalin remained. They discussed on how they would finalise the plans of the Yalta Conference

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