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When was the Truman Doctrine introduced
March 1947
Why was the Truman Doctrine introduced in March 1947?
As in February 1947, the British had told Truman that they could no longer afford to keep British troops in Greece. This made Truman fear the spread of communism to Greece
What was the Truman Doctrine?
It was a policy which stated that the US would give aid to any country threatened by communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe and Asia, in which the United States gave $17 billion (approximately $160 billion in current dollar value) in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II.
What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan?
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.
Factories
The Marshall Plan helped with supplies for factories. For example, the plan supplied carbon black to a tire plant in Birmingham, England keeping the plant open and 10,000 workers with jobs.
Berlin Blockade
June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949
Initiated by Joseph Stalin
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control
Berlin Airlift
I Lasted 318 days (June 26, 1948 - May 12, 1949) During this time, 275,000 planes transported 1.5 million tons of supplies and a plane landed every three minutes at Berlin’s Templehof airport.
Soviet military forces around Berlin
1.5 million troops
