the cold war develops Flashcards
what was truman worried about
europe was devasted after the war and many countries didn’t have the money to rebuild themselves therefore truman was worried communism was looking attractive
when was the truman doctrine introduced
1947
what was the truman doctrine
the usa would provide troops and money to help countries resist against communism
when was the marshall plan
1947
what was the marshall plan
the usa were willing to provide economic aid to countries across europe. in return countries must agree to buy usa goods
give a economic statistic for the marshall plan
usa handed out 13 billion to 16 western countries
what does cominform stand for and when was it set up
communist information bureau 1947
what did comiform do
organised communist parties in europe to take orders from moscow and also encouraged communist countries to block the marshall aid
what does comecon stand for, when was it set up and what was it
council of mutual economic assistance, 1949, set up as an alternative of marshall aid
what are the 2 key points of comecon
- build up trade links between comecon countries
- prevented comecon countries from using marshall aid
what was the consequence of these different plans
europe was split into two military camps : western europe and america - eastern europe and the ussr
when was nato set up
1949
what was nato
a military allaince based around the principle f collective security: if one country was invaded other countries had to assist
what was the significance of nato
caused ussr to tighten its control of eastern europe and resulted in the formation of the warsaw pact in 1955
what was bizonia and trizonia
as germany was split 4 ways, it made sense of britian and usa to join zones together and later france joinded to create trizonia
how did stalin react to trizonia
NOT HAPPY, as he was not consulted. he thought it went against the potsdam agreements
