Roots of The Roots of The Cold War 1945- Cold War 1945- 1949 1949
Dec 15, 2015
In 1946, Winston Churchill warned the Americans In 1946, Winston Churchill warned the Americans against the dangers of communism:against the dangers of communism:
-March 1946 Fulton
-Iron Curtain speech
1-Introduce the document
2-Who is Churchill?
3-What was the Iron curtain?
4- Why are the East side and the West side drawn differently?
B/ The American intervention in B/ The American intervention in post-war Europe…post-war Europe…
1) The Truman doctrine…1) The Truman doctrine…
The Truman Doctrine in March 1947 promised that the USA “would support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”.
No “Roll back” at first
•It signalled the end of “isolationist” policies.
Roosevelt’s vice-president
1-Identify the source
2-What does Truman mean when he refers to « violation of the Yalta agreement »?
3-What are according to him the two alternative ways of life in the world in 1945. Explain them.
4-Why does he suggest economic intervention?
5- Is this document biased?
2) The Marshall Plan was the 2) The Marshall Plan was the economic extension of this economic extension of this doctrinedoctrine
-Containment / European Recovery Program through the OEEC 1948
-Marshall was secretary of state
1-Introduce the Document
2-Describe this poster
3-Why was this economic help needed?
4-Weren’t any political motives behind the Marshall Plan?
3) NATO was the military 3) NATO was the military alliance of the Westalliance of the West
1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Aimed at defending against communist aggression
C/ The Soviet replyC/ The Soviet reply
1) The Jdanov doctrine1) The Jdanov doctrine
His doctrine denounced the Americans as imperialist while presenting the USSR as anti-imperialist and pro democracy
Head of the ministry of propaganda and culture
2) The COMECON2) The COMECON
Reply to Marshall Plan
1949 part of the Molotov plan
Offered economic aid to Soviet « satellites » (people’s democracies) and help to co-ordinate their economic policies
3) The KOMINFORM3) The KOMINFORMReply to Marshall Plan
1949 To draw together European communist parties to make sure they respected guidelines provided by the CPSU
D/ The USSR tightened its grip D/ The USSR tightened its grip on Eastern Europeon Eastern Europe
1-Introduce the document
2-How is Western Europe depicted?
3-What does the bear symbolize?
SOME USEFUL DATES:When the countries became people’s democracies-Bulgaria 1946-Albania 1946-Poland 1947-Romania 1947-Czechoslovakia 1948-Hungary 1949