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What is Elbe Day?

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1945

  1. 1 US Army Patrols -> Torgau (small German town)
  2. Realised Soviet troops nearby
  3. Wave US flag at them
  4. Soviet commander shake hand w/ US commander in half damaged bridge
  5. US Newspapers extensively featured

Symbol of Soviet-US cooperations -> defeat Germany

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How was Europe post WW2?

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  1. Post war ruins
  2. Shift in global superpower

like earthquake but worse

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Post war ruins in Europe
WW2

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Aft 1945:
- 36mil Europeans killed
- infastructure (e.g. railways) destroyed
- gas, electricity, water bye
- malnutrition, disease, no medicine
- homelessness, displacement

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S__ G__ S__ after WW2

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Shift, Global Superpowers
1. US, USSR
2. based on geographical size, population, military prowess
3. Britian exhaust rescources, ppl, virtually bankrupt
4. France occupied Germany (1940), lost former power
5. Germany lost WW2, ruins

Britian wasnt invaded

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USA vs USSR
Early tensions

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  1. competing ideologies
  2. Suspicion, Mistrust b4 1939
  3. “Marriage of Convinience”
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Early Russo-USA tensions
C___ I___

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Competing Ideologies
1. USA politicians, bussinessman h8 communism, threaten their way, life
2. USSR believe USA act selfish, build own economic, political influence

  1. competing ideologies
  2. Suspicion, Mistrust b4 1939
  3. “Marriage of Convinience”
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Early Russo-USA tensions
S___, M___ b4 1___

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Suspicion, Mistrust b4 1939
1. USSR Communist Manefesto: revolution, overthrow capitalist states, USA alarmed
2. US use Germany as barrier against communist (ToV)
3. US help whites in Whites VS Reds civil war
4. Red Scare 1920, US gov arrest many ppl, accuse many innocent immigrants from Russia, communist agents

5, Appeasement -> Let Germany go against USSR.
6, Nazi-soviet non aggression

  1. competing ideologies
  2. Suspicion, Mistrust b4 1939
  3. “Marriage of Convinience”
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Early Russo-USA tensions
“M__ o__ C__”

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“Marriage of Convinience”
Britian, USA, USSR emergency arrangment against Germany, common enemy

  1. competing ideologies
  2. Suspicion, Mistrust b4 1939
  3. “Marriage of Convinience”
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How T__ C__, Operation Overlord cause Stalin sus US, Britian

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Tehran Conference, 1943
Stalin urge US, Britian open 2nd front, fight Germany,
Soviet troops face immense pressure solo

Operation Overlord 1944
Took 1 yr, US, Britian open 2nd front
Stalin sus they wanna weaken USSR + minimise their losses

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Two conferences “WW2 Big 3” held abt Germany stuff

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1st: Yalta, Germany defeat imminent
2nd: Potsdam, Germany defeated

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Post WW2 Conferences abt Germany
Y__ C__: USA views

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Yalta Conference, imminent German defeat

  1. Peace, safety, prosperity (alarmed by Communist Manifesto, Soviet-supported communist parties)
  2. Capitalism, democracy, model for international development
  3. Recover West Europe (trade disrupted ww2)
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Post WW2 Conferences abt Germany
Y__ C__: Soviet views

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Yalta Conference, imminent German defeat

  1. Establish buffer states, East Europe (USSR invaded twice thru Poland, 20 mil Soviet dead, cities mainly destroyed)
  2. Make East Europe friendly
  3. Massive war reparations from Germany (repair own economy, Germany cannot invade)
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Yalta Conference Agreements

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Agreements
1. USSR enter war against Japan when Germany surrender
2. 4 zones Germany, Germany capital Berlin divided, 4 zone
3. Nazi war criminals tried b4 international court
4. German liberated territories hold free elections
5. Post WW2 Big 3 join United Nations
6. Eastern Europe, soviet sphere influence, future security USSR

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Yalta Conference
Disagreements

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Disagreements
Stalin: post-war Poland move westward (buffer)

Final terms
Stalin: cannot interfere Greece
Churchill + Roosevelt: Allow Post-war Poland move westward

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Increase tension in P__ C__
(Post ww2 conference abt Germany)

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Potsdam Conference
1. Britian sus USSR
2. US Change Leaders
3. Increase Soviet Control
4. Manhattan Project
5. Disagreement Over Germany

Leaders put up united front in front of media in publicity photos

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Post ww2 conference abt Germany
P__ C__
(B__ s__ U___)

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Potsdam Conference, Britian sus USSR
1. Stalin clash w/ Churchill on various Issues
2. Churchill wrote -> Roosevelt, worried USSR jeopardise free world
3. Churchill order army general, plan against possible USSR war

Churchill -> then British PM
Roosevelt -> then US President

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Post ww2 conference abt Germany
P__ C__
(U__ C__ L__)

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Potsdam conference, US change leaders
1. US -> Harry Truman (Roosevelt died)
2. Truman rose 2 power when wartime alliance btwn USSR, USA+Britian broken
3. Concerned abt USSR threat 2 Western Europe
4. Churchill lost election, 1/2way thru Potsdam, replaced Clement Attlee
5. Both younger, less experience

Clement Attlee -> then British PM

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Post ww2 conference abt Germany
P__ C__
(I__ S__ C__)

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Potsdam conference, increasing soviet control
1. Stalin Salami Tactics get rid, other parties: 1st support establishment of coalitions when popular, work w/ other parties in beginning, supress them, gain influence, ban other parties, exile leaders
2. Stalin control East Europe 2 protect USSR future attacks, get communist govt. loyal 2 him

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Post ww2 conference abt Germany
P__ C__
(M__ P__)

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Manhattan Proj
1. Truman -> Stalin atomic bomb, intimidate
2. Stalin know b4hand, spies, order Soviet Technicians, scientists develop atomic bomb
3. Stalin nvr react, didnt want show Truman he concerned

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Post ww2 conference abt Germany
P__ C__
(D__ O__ G__)

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Disagreement over Germany
1. Stalin wanna complete cripple German (ToV)
2. Stalin wan compensation, Truman agree, change his mind, suspicious (tryna protect Germany as ally against USSR)
3. Truman sus USSR wanna control whole Europe, especially when he set up loyal communist govts. in Eastern Europe

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Example of salami tactics being used (USSR)

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Jan Masaryk
1. Passionate democrat
2. Won over communists, several elections
3. Phone tapped, followed by Soviet agents
4. Package sent 2 him w/ bomb
5. Found dead below bedroom window (many historians think -> killed)

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Truman reactions when USSR controlling East Europe

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  1. evidence that Stalin wanna build empire, wanna do smth abt it
  2. Cannot directly, US ppl wary drag US, more international politics
  3. Churchill greatly respect in US, resigned alr, Truman ask Churchill give speech in USA, 1964 gave it, warn abt USSR dangers, “Iron Curtain”
  4. Anger USSR, Alarm US ppl, gave Truman attention, popularity
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after USSR, USA rise,
how is the world like?

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Increasingly bi-polar

bipolar:

24
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What is Long Telegram? How did it influence Truman?

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Document that influenced Truman -> aggressive USSR, develop…

TRUMAN DOCTRINE
1. Truman announced, provide military equipment, advice -> democratic countries
2. containment, USSR

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Post WW2
development in Turkey, Greece

How they influence Truman?

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  1. Greek royalists vs Greek Communist Party
  2. 1946 civil war
  3. British didnt have resources control situation, withdrew, Truman faced prospect, another European country -> communism
  4. Stalin try gain influence -> Turkey (Turkish Straits, USSR ships sail Black Sea -> Mediterranean Sea)
  5. Truman concern Stalin use Turkey spread communist influence, Middle East
  6. Turkey, huge oil reserves
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Truman actions upon finding out Turkey, Greece face prospect of falling into Communism

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  1. Win US Public, Turkey, Greece support
  2. Marshall Plan
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Post WW2
Truman’s reactions 2 stem communism upon seeing Turkey, Greece developments

W__ US P__, T___, G__, S___

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Win US Public, Turkey, Greece Support
1. exaggerate scale, Communist threat, Greece, Turkey
2. American newspapers support
3. US -> Greece, Turkey aid bill ($400mil)
4. Secure Turkey, US ally, propped up Greece monarchist govt.
5. Made it clear, US won’t withdraw, world affairs, actively resisting communism

Stalin angry as he kept his promise to not help communists in greece

Worsen relations

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What is Marshall Plan?

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Marshall Plan
1. Truman, US mighty economic power, stop communism
2. US secretary, state, George Marshall, come up economic aid plan
3. $13bil -> food, machinery e.g. shipped 2 democratic European countries

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Marshall plan
Truman ulterior motives

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  1. Western Europe states, bind closer tgt against Communism
  2. help fragmented European industries recover, recieve US exports
  3. UK, France (US greatest political allies) recieve greatest funding
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What did Marshall Plan cause?

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  1. Economic Miracle, 1950s West Germany
  2. Stalin sus Truman
  3. Comecon
  4. Cominform
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Marshall Plan Caused…?
S__ s__ T__

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Stalin sus Truman
1. Are u tryna rebuild West Germany, my enemy, the guy that attack me 2x, use it against me?

  1. Are u tryna make hooligans w/ West Europe 2 advance nearer 2 East Europe, threaten me? I got no buffer.
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MARSHALL PLAN REACTION FROM STALIN
Comecon

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Comecon
1. Ensure satelite states free from US influence, control
2. Members trade mostly w/ one another, rather than West
3. Comecon favour USSR states more than other members
4. Poland forced trade coal 1/10 open market price

Satellite States (Post WW2): E.g. Poland

Declared independance but actually heavily influenced politically by other parties

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MARSHALL PLAN REACTION FROM STALIN
Cominform

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Cominform
1. Publish propaganda
2. unite communist states
3. tighten control, other satelite states
4. Stalin told Eastern Europe states wat policies, follow e.g. rej financial support, USA, cut off trade w/ other non-Cominform countries
5. Yugoslavia (Marshall Tito) debate only

Marshall Tito popular enf, no need USSR
has his own rendition of Communism
both Tito + Stalin long lasting feud

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How was Germany eventually split

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Morgenthau Plan (1944) by USA
1. dismantle German industries, split into 4 zone (British, Soviet, French, US)

  1. Berlin in Soviet Zone split into 4 respective also
  2. Truman be like, “Mayb Germany can help me against USSR”, Britian, France ain’t got enf rescources, control their zones, want Germany rebuild
  3. 1948: US, France, Britian merge their zones, “Trizone” aka West Germany
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How did US, Britian France merge Zones into TriZone cause Stalin Sus?

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US seemed like fragment Germany, now why they merging it back?

36
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US, French, British merge their zones -> West Germany

Stalin Reaction

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1948 Berlin Blockade, try force Allies outta Berlin
1. USSR cut rail, road links from Trizone -> West Berlin
2. disrupt water, power supply

Trizone (Later West Germany)

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Truman’s reaction to Berlin Blockade

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Berlin Airlift
coal, food, medicine -> air

Western Media -> courage, endurance
Eastern Media -> unsafe constant flights

38
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Stalin lift Berlin Blockade when + consequence

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1949 Berlin Blockade
- Europe’s 2 camps
- Trizone = Federal Republic Germany // West Germany
- Soviet zone = German Democratic Republic // East Germany
- Berlin: East, West w/ Berlin Wall

Berlin wall was a concrete wall later demolished

39
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Berlin Blockade

Checkpt Charlie

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only place Berlin wall didn’t block

40
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How NATO form

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height, Berlin blockade
Western powers sign treaty (NATO)
- any member attacked = go war
- NATO countries provide US military bases

41
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1949 important Communist development

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  • USSR nuke complete
  • China ruled Mao Zedong (ccp)
42
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Why was Warsaw pact enacted?

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  1. West Germany asked join NATO
  2. West Germany rearm
43
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Warsaw pact terms, year

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1955 Warsaw Pact
1. any member attacked, defend

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How warsaw pact affect the world

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  1. USSR command, all armies, satelite states
  2. tension increase, each side, plans, stop other side invade
  3. e.g. thousands US troops station West Germany
  4. Soviet forces crush protests, uprisings, force (e.g. revolt in Hungary)

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