Post-War Europe. Communism “a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed” common Communism is JUST a form of economy.
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Post-War Europe
Communism
“a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed”
Communism is JUST a form of economy but it is usually associated with authoritarian political regimes
Truman Doctrine“ Stalin is not that kind of man. . . He doesn't want anything but security for his country, and I think that if I give him everything I possibly can, and ask nothing from him in return, noblesse oblige, he won't try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace. ”
—Franklin Roosevelt
President Truman was much more suspicious of Soviet intentions under Stalin
Truman supported a plan of containment (this was first espoused in the Truman Doctrine)
Containment = Prevent expansion of communismDo NOT “roll back” or end communism where it
already existsFirst exercised in Greece & Turkey
Truman Doctrine“ Stalin is not that kind of man. . . He doesn't want anything but security for his country, and I think that if I give him everything I possibly can, and ask nothing from him in return, noblesse oblige, he won't try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace. ”
—Franklin Roosevelt
President Truman was much more suspicious of Soviet intentions under Stalin
Truman supported a plan of containmentPrevent expansion of communism
First exercised in Greece & Turkey$$$ & military aid
Iron Curtain“ 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. ”-Winston Churchill, March 1946
Marshall Plan (1947-1951)US plan to help rebuild & create stronger economic foundations for Europe
Offered to USSR – they declined Gave $13B
Major goal - link Germany with western Europe
Help prevent spread of communism
Berlin AirliftFirst major conflict of Cold War
Soviets wanted the west out of Berlin
Berlin AirliftFirst major conflict of Cold War
Soviets wanted the west out of BerlinCut off travel & prohibited supplies into West Berlin
Allies supplied Berlin entirely by air, delivering:646 tons of flour & wheat, 125 tons of cereal, 64 tons of fat, 109 tons of meat & fish, 180 tons of dehydrated potatoes, 180 tons of sugar, 11 tons of coffee, 19 tons of powdered milk, 5 tons of whole milk, 3 tons of fresh yeast, 144 tons of dehydrated vegetables, 38 tons of salt & 10 tons of cheese3,475 tons of coal and gasoline
This was per day!24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949
At height: 1 plane reached Berlin every thirty seconds
Berlin Airlift-- Learn 360
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