Causes of Cold War

CAUSES OF COLD WAR

The San Francisco Conference

▪ From 25 Apr – 26 June 1945

▪ Formation of United

Nation

▪ 50 countries attended

▪ UN came into force on 24

Oct 1945

From 25 Apr – 26 June 1945

•Formation of United Nation

•50 countries attended

•UN came into force on 24 Oct 1945

Aims Of United Nation▪To maintain International peace & security

▪To apply economic sanction

▪Military action against aggressor

▪Encouraging respect for Universal Rights

POTSDAM CONFERENCE

▪7 July – 1 Aug 1945, Potsdam in Germany

▪Germany had defeated

▪Roosevelt was dead & Harry Truman became the

President of USA

▪Postwar fate of Germany

▪Borders of Poland

▪Reparation

▪Nuclear weapon by America

▪Truman speech 12 march,1947

▪The main cause behind the Truman

doctrine

▪Four setbacks of Soviet Union

▪American assistance to Greek & Turkish

govt.

▪George Kennan’s Telegram

▪Containment Policy by USA

▪Military & Economic Aid

▪Domino Theory

▪World war 2 ended in 1945, europe lay in

ruins

▪To meet this emergency

▪At harvard university

▪George marshall proposed a plan on 5

june,1947

▪Economic reconstruction plan

▪On Dec 19,1947 Truman sent a message to

congress

▪On April 3 ,1948 Truman signed the act

▪Congress gave $13.3 billion

▪For economic recovery

MOLOTOV PLAN

▪The soviet reaction to Marshalls’ plan

▪On July 2 Molotov stormed out of the meeting

▪The soviet pressure

▪Non of the soviet satellites participated in Marshall plan

▪United states ignored the soviet action

▪And the Marshall plan began providing funds to other European nations