cold war: 1947

Question 1

explain the Truman Doctrine

Answer 1

-pledged $400 million of aid to Greece and Turkey (Britain no longer in position to do so)
-attempt to get rid of communism
-first example of an active US policy to combat threat of communism in Europe

Question 2

explain Cominform

Answer 2

-was the USSR’s reaction to the Truman Doctrine
-was an organisation to ‘co-ordinate’ communist groups/parties across Europe