Cold War Flashcards
Yalta
1945
decisions regarding each country
churchill stalin roosevelt
potsdam
45
truman Atlee stalin
didnt do much
clarified policies
division of germany
tehran
43
decision about moving polands border
removed stalins security concerns
long telegram
46
kennes explanation of soviet FP
iron curtain speech
47
churchill
about the spread of communism bu the USSR
Truman Doctrine
1947
ideological
400 mil to give to contain communist expansion
cominform
47
information bureau to represent soviet power in the rise of international communism.
link the Eastern Bloc to the Soviet Union
Marshall Plan
47
economic
european recovery program
recovery for US economy
13 bil given to european countries and satellites to jump start economy
COMECON
49 by USSR
response to truman and marshall
Council for Economic Assistance
Economic stability to the eastern european countries that were struggling with the loss of traditional markets in europe
breakdown of grand alliance
45-47
usa ussr britain
Dollar Diplomacy
marshall plan, truman doc
usage pf money to expand its influence
division of germany
45 at potsdam conference
into 3 parts
ideological for USA
economic for USSR
hiroshima and nagasaki
45
detonation of USSRs atomic bomb
49
No US no longer held nuclear parity - relations had to be reconsidered
NATO
49
to stop spread of communism
countries would provide each other with military support when attacked on
Berlin Blockade
47
All road, rail and canal links with West Berlin were severed.
Said they violated both yalta and potsdam - currency
Seemed reckless - atom bomb
Initially appeared successful
korean war
45-48
Kim wanted communist country
leader of south korea during war
Syngman rhee
leader of north korea during war
kim il sung
Nsc 68
1950
secret document arguing for a large stockpile of weapons and army and expansion of conventional policies
money given to rhee for education and economy - 150
didnt give military - refusal to be apart of the war. - same with stalin
when did china get involved in the war
50
stalins death
53