cominform, comecon and pacts Flashcards
when was cominform set up and by who
stalin set it up in 1947
what did cominform do
they organised all the communist parties in europe and arranged their leadership so they could be controlled through moscow
what are 2 key points of cominform
they got rid of any opposition to the sv’s control of the satelite states
it encouraged com countries to block marshall plan assistance
when was comecom set up
1949
what was comecom a counter response to
the marshall plan
what are 2 key points of the comecom
built up trade links between comecon countries
prevented comecon countries from siginig up to MP
what countries did comecon include
sv, bulgaria, cz, hungary, poland, romania, albania and east germany
when was NATO set up
1949
what was nato
a military alliance of the usa britain canada holland france belgium denmark norway wg
what was nato directed against
a possible military attack from the sv on w. europe
(nato)if one country was attacked..
the other had to assist it
what did nato show when it comes to soviet aggression
that after berlin blockade and sv’s development of their own a.bomb, the usa or w.eu were not prepared to defend
what did the sv create in response
the warsaw pact
when was the WP created
1955
what did the wp aim to do
counter the threat of nato
