4.1 - The aftermath of WWII

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Cold War

Chapter 4

4.1 - The aftermath of WWII

How did the Cold War start?

Germany defeated May 1945

Conference of Potsdam July 1945

• Churchill, Truman and Stalin
• Distrust
• Eastern Europe free elections?
• Germany divided in 4 parts
• USA testing atomic bomb

IJzeren Gordijn 1946-1948

Truman doctrine 1947

• Foreign policy (political)
• Preventing the spread of communism
• Military support for resisting communist take over

Marshall Plan 1947

• Economic measure
• USA supporting EU countries with money
• Repairing war damage
• Restarting economy
• Condition: cooperation
• Stalin was against

Consequences

• wirtschaftswunder - Western Germany, Western Europe
• Stalin outlawing Marshall Plan -> Eastern Europe didn't grow as fast as Western Europe

Slowly closing the curtain...

Increase of tension

• 1949 the Western sections form a single country
• BRD (Bondsrepubliek Duitsland) -> Federal Republic of Germany -> Western Germany
• DDR (Duitse Democratische Republiek) -> German Democratic Republic -> Eastern Germany
• Cooperation came to a full stop.

Military alliances

• 1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• Article 5
• 1955 Warschaupact as a response

Hungarian revolt

• 23 oct - 10 nov 1956
• Student protest got out of hand
• Statue of Stalin destroyed
• Warschaupact in action
• Pro Soviet government restored after killing 2600 Hungarians

Berlijnse Muur

Iron Curtain is closed

1961