Chapter 2 Flashcards
USSR influence on Poland
-Popularity and salami
-pro Stalin Lublin government
-rigged multi party elections
-January 1947 communist dominate
USSR influence on Hungary
-salami tactics and intimidation
-Rask executed
-elections rigged
-1949 all opponents disappeared
USSR influence on Romania
-popularity and intimidation
-red army occupied
-opposition was minimal
USSR influence on Czechoslovakia
-popularity of communist party
USSR influence on Bulgaria
-salami tactics + intimidation
-rigged
-eliminations and charged leaders
USSR influence on Yugoslavia
-salami tactics
-communist parties suppressed opposition
-rigged
-tito as leader
What was Kennans long telegram?
it was based around taking a hard approach soviet aggression and an ideological threat
What was the novikov telegram
Response to Kennan long telegram, saying Truman was a threat and they needed to be more assertive
What was the iron curtain speech
A speech by Winston Churchill about ‘sounding the alarm’ in missouri
What was Stalin’s response in Pravda
Justifying his actions in light of soviet suffering
1944 percentages agreement
About Greece, soviets had 10% while western had 90%
Greek civil war
-12th March 1947-October 16th 1949
-it was important to Britain because of the Mediterranean oil rig
-Greek communist vs greek government forces
-USA intervene because Britain debt 3000 million dollars
Truman doctrine
Published on March 12th 1947, a doctrine on supplying countries threatened by communism governments economically and militarily
Cominform
-1947 by zhandov
-coordinate communist parties in Europe
-anti American
Zhandov doctrine
-world diving in 2 camps
- west reliant on USA economy
