4.2 Cold War (part 2)

Chapter 4: The world after the war
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Chapter 4: The world after the war
4.2 The Cold War (part 2)

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What do you remember from last lesson?

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Marshallplan
  • After the war: Europa had lost a lot. 
  • Communism is attractive to the poor. 
  • Marshallplan: Give money to countries to rebuild their economies (and trade with the US).

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Are the following cartoons pro or anti Marshallplan?

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Blockade
  • Berlin (seat of Allied Control Council) was divided into 4 zones.
  • Stalin wanted the allies to leave Berlin.
  • He started the Blockade of Berlin. 

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Airplanes
  • The US refused to give in: Berlin Airlift (=luchtbrug).
  • All necessary things were brought by airplane. 

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New countries
  • Shortly after the Berlin Airlift two new countries were formed: 
  1. May 1949: Federal Republic of Germany (= Bundes Republik Deutschland = BRD).
  2. October 1949: German Democratic Republic (= Deutsche Demokratische Republik = DDR)

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Containment
  • The US tried to prevent communism from expanding: Containment Policy.

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Two sides
  • To become stronger each side founded a military pact.
  1. NATO in 1949 (West)
  2. Warsaw Pact 1955 (East)

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What have you learned?

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