Cold War: Early Events and Crisis (DATES) Flashcards

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YALTA CONFERENCE

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FEBRUARY 1945

- USSR join UN
- Germany divided (4 zones)
- Poland moved
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POTSDAM CONFERENCE

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JULY-AUGUST 1945

- formalise issues raised in the Yalta conference
- reparations set for Germany
- arguments over political future of Poland
- Council of Foreign Ministers to continue to discuss issues
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3
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NUCLEAR AGE BEGINS

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1945

- share technology (Stimson)
- keep technology (Byrnes)
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4
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LONG TELEGRAM

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1946
    - written by George Kennen
    - Soviets believe:
          west is a threat
           --> ideology
           --> fear of invasion
          = there will never be peaceful coexistance with America and her allies
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5
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ARTICLE ‘X’

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JULY 1947

- article written by George Kennen
- said the same things as the 'Long Telegram'
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IRON CURTAIN

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5 MARCH 1946

- first use of the expression 'iron curtain'
- first speech to acknowledge the divide between totalitarian communist Europe and democratic Europe
- acknowledge the beginning of the Cold War
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE

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12 MARCH 1947

- democratic countries to be actively supported by the US to prevent communist threats
- marked abandonment of isolationism
- containment of communism by eliminating 'need and want'
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MARSHALL PLAN

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APRIL 1947

- 'nothing less than the reconstruction of Europe'
- crafted to contain the spread of communism by bringing economic prosperity to WE
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BERLIN BLOCKADE

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24 JUNE 1948 - 12 MAY 1949

- Soviets blocked the west out of Berlin
- used the airways to Berlin to transport supplies into West berlin
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FORMATION OF NATO

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4 APRIL 1949

- collective self defense
   - -> attack on one NATO member, an attack on all
- requires all members to respond, not necessarily military
   - -> freedom to respond as they see fit
   - -> limited the possibility of military conflict, possible nuclear war
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FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

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23 MAY 1949

- four days after Berlin Blockade
- West Germany
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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

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OCTOBER 1949

- USSR response to formation of FRG
- East Germany
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13
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COMECON

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JANUARY 1949

- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- bind countries in the Soviet Bloc economically tightly to the USSR
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14
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ARMS RACE

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AUGUST 1949

- Soviets explode first atomic bomb
- ends US monopoly on nuclear weapons
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