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Post WWII Europe
Potsdam Conference-Summer 1945
 Temporarily divide Germany into 4 zones
 Divide Berlin
 Rid Germany of any remnants of Nazi party
 Reparations
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Soviets would receive largest share
 Soviets wanted a buffer zone of friendly
governments in Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
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From Stettin in the Baltic to
Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron
curtain has descended across the
continent. Behind that line lie all
the capitals of the ancient states
of Central and Eastern Europe.
Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna,
Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest
and Sofia, all these famous cities
and the populations around them
lie in what I must call the Soviet
sphere, and all are subject in one
form or another, not only to
Soviet influence but to a very
high and, in some cases,
increasing measure of control
from Moscow. Athens alone Greece with its immortal glories is free to decide its future at an
election under British, American
and French observation.
- Winston Churchill (3/1946)
Germany post WWII
Origins of Cold War
 Define??
 Ideological Conflict
 War is out of the question in 1945
 Proxy wars
Put me Into Chronological Order
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BERLIN BLOCKADE/AIRLIFT
MARSHALL PLAN
POTSDAM
Formation of Federal Republic of Germany
WARSAW PACT
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
NATO
Formation of German Democratic Republic
RESPONSES
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Potsdam (7/45)
TRUMAN DOCTRINE (3/1947)
MARSHALL PLAN (1947)
BERLIN BLOCKADE/AIRLIFT (June 1948May 1949)
 Formation of Federal Republic of Germany
(WG) (1949)
 Formation of German Democratic Republic
(EG) (1949)
 NATO (1949)
 WARSAW PACT (1955)
 U.N…..Implications…?
FRG vs. GDR
 After Berlin Blockade is over
 In August 1949 the three Western zones
joined together to form the FRG (Federal
Republic of Germany).
 In response, the Soviet zone became the
German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Hot Spots
 With the creation of the Truman Doctrine and
the Policy of Containment…the stage was
set for points of Conflict
Korean WAR-Hot Spot
 Clash between
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Communist North
Korean and Democratic
South Korea…
USSR supports North,
US supports South
1950-1953
Stalemate-North Korea
remained communist
South Korea-ally of the
west
CAUSES
• Disagreements between the Allies during World War II
• Differing U.S. and Soviet political and economic systems
• Differing goals for postwar Germany and Eastern Europe
• Soviet expansion of communism in Eastern Europe
• Resistance to Soviet aggression by United States
EFFECTS
• Political and military struggles around the world
• Increased military spending, leading to an arms race
• The ever-present danger of nuclear war