The USSR Was More To Blame For The Outbreak Of The Cold War

Question 1

The ComInform

Answer 1

• Coordinate actions between communist parties under Soviet direction

Question 2

The Warsaw pact

1955

Answer 2

• In 1955 the Soviet Union set up the Warsaw pact as an alliance between all communist states
• To counterbalance NATO

Question 3

The Berlin Blockade

1948

Answer 3

• Tried to push the western troops out of Berlin

- This resulted in the Berlin airlift where Soviets shot western planes out of the sky which was seen as an act of war

Question 4

Iran

1945/46

Answer 4

• Expansionist and opportunist as the Soviet Union violated the March 2nd withdrawal date from Iran
• They also expanded their military presence and set up 2 pro-Soviet republics
• This gave the long telegram mor credibility

Question 5

Poland and Bulgaria

1947

Answer 5

• Stalin manipulated and rigged elections

- In Poland Stalin manipulated the agreements made at Yalta when it was agreed the elections would be free

Question 6

The Salami tactic

eg Hungary and Bulgaria

Answer 6

• The salami tactic was when the communist party absorbed the peasant party then eliminated other opponents through trumped up charges so they were the only party left