Bloc mentality 1946-1955 Flashcards
1)ideolgies
Eg)Agree to take repreations at discretion
-ussr take 10 million
-usa refuse till 4 zone plan (general clay
Ussr thtraten to nationalise 213 firms
Want ecnomic suprls (byrnes) - bizonia janurary 1st 1947
Similairy , agree that Poland/states will be indepndent
16 members gov in exile arrested. Nov 1946 win 394 seats to 28
Coup czelcslovakia march 1948
Root of distrust = Truman doctrine 12th march 1947. 400 million
Marhsall aid april 3rd 1948
Block mentlaity. October 5th 1947 cominform
Comecom Jan 25th 1949
Nato
Formed may 4th 1949
Berlin blockade ends 12 May 1949
Solidfied the divide
Leads to unified west germany may 23rd 1939
Schuman plan in 1950 and ECSC in 1950
Do not trade with eastern europe
=== root reason its formed in due to blockade, which was product of breaking confrences
Blockade
Breaking conferences == bizonia, new currecny
June 20th 1948 west introduce new Deutschmark
Economic chaos in east as people sell now worthless rentenmark
June 24th 1948 Ussr introduce otamark – blockade established
70% fuel – population of 2 million
5000 tons a day –planes land at temple off airport every 90 seconds
April 6th 1949 – tensions peak as us cargo jet hits soviet jet
April 16th 1949 – Easter parade, over 12000 tons and 1300 flights
Blockade end 12th may 1949 – Germany permanently split into east and west
= leads to nato. Root cause is breakign confrence agreements
Re armement
Break confrence, de facto army of 60000
Leads to EDC talks in 1952, fails August 30, 1954, 319 to 264
Leads to west to join nato on May 5th 1955
Warsaw pact on may 14th 1955
== militairily divided
