Truman and the Early Cold War
Truman and the Early Cold War. Crisis in Europe, Winter 1946-47 Cities and industry in ruins Harsh European winter Cities and industry in ruins Harsh.
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Truman and the Early Cold WarTruman and the Early Cold War
Crisis in Europe, Winter 1946-47Crisis in Europe, Winter 1946-47
Cities and industry in ruins Harsh European winter
Cities and industry in ruins Harsh European winter
Crisis in Europe, cont.Crisis in Europe, cont. Civil wars in Greece and Turkey:
Both countries struggle against Communist-supplied guerilla insurgencies and Soviet pressure to access the Mediterranean sea.
Civil wars in Greece and Turkey: Both countries struggle against Communist-supplied guerilla insurgencies and Soviet pressure to access the Mediterranean sea.
Crisis in Europe, cont.Crisis in Europe, cont.
$400 Million in Economic and Military Aid
$400 Million in Economic and Military Aid
Crisis in Europe, cont.Crisis in Europe, cont.
February 21, 1947:
February 21, 1947:
Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson meets with Truman…
Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson meets with Truman…
“Like apples in a barrel infected by the corruption of one rotten one...”
“The fall of Greece or Turkey would open Asia, Western Europe, and the oil fields of the Middle East to the Red menace.”
“The Soviet Union is playing one of the greatest gambles in history. We and we alone are in a position to break up that play.”
Acheson’s view would later become known as “The Domino Theory”
“Like apples in a barrel infected by the corruption of one rotten one...”
“The fall of Greece or Turkey would open Asia, Western Europe, and the oil fields of the Middle East to the Red menace.”
“The Soviet Union is playing one of the greatest gambles in history. We and we alone are in a position to break up that play.”
Acheson’s view would later become known as “The Domino Theory”
“Truman Doctrine” speech to Congress, March 12, 1947
“Truman Doctrine” speech to Congress, March 12, 1947
“Mr. President, you’re going to have to scare hell out of the American people.”
The United States must support free peoples everywhere “resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
“Mr. President, you’re going to have to scare hell out of the American people.”
The United States must support free peoples everywhere “resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
National Security Act of 1947National Security Act of 1947
Truman reorganizes the U.S. government for permanent war mobilization
Unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force into one structure
Department of Defense
Truman reorganizes the U.S. government for permanent war mobilization
Unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force into one structure
Department of Defense
The Marshall Plan, 1948The Marshall Plan, 1948
Secretary of State George Marshall’s “European Recovery Program” Weapon against Communism
Three goals: (Make Europe prosperous again)
Secretary of State George Marshall’s “European Recovery Program” Weapon against Communism
Three goals: (Make Europe prosperous again)
Stalin tightens his gripStalin tightens his grip
Stalin takes over Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1947 and 1948; Stalin turns his attention to Germany.
1945: Potsdam Agreement divided Germany into 4 separate zones… next slide
Stalin takes over Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1947 and 1948; Stalin turns his attention to Germany.
1945: Potsdam Agreement divided Germany into 4 separate zones… next slide
The Berlin AirliftThe Berlin Airlift
Truman orders massive airlift to provide Berliners with thousands of tons of fuel and food needed to survive
Truman orders massive airlift to provide Berliners with thousands of tons of fuel and food needed to survive
The Berlin AirliftThe Berlin Airlift
Chaos in AsiaChaos in Asia
To contain communism, Truman tries to crush a procommunist movement in the Philippines
Also, help France to… Civil War in China leads to China falling
to Communism
To contain communism, Truman tries to crush a procommunist movement in the Philippines
Also, help France to… Civil War in China leads to China falling
to Communism
1949: A Really Bad Year.1949: A Really Bad Year.
Sept. 1949: Soviet Union successfully explodes their first atomic bomb
Oct. 1949: Founding of the Peoples Republic of China
Sept. 1949: Soviet Union successfully explodes their first atomic bomb
Oct. 1949: Founding of the Peoples Republic of China
1950: Even worse.1950: Even worse.
Jan. 1950: U.S. begins building a Hydrogen bomb, estimated force of 100 tons of TNT
NSC-68: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-
truman-receives-nsc-68 http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-68.htm
June 24, 1950: Soviet-backed Communist North Korean troops invade U.S.-backed South Korea- The Korean War begins…
Jan. 1950: U.S. begins building a Hydrogen bomb, estimated force of 100 tons of TNT
NSC-68: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-
truman-receives-nsc-68 http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-68.htm
June 24, 1950: Soviet-backed Communist North Korean troops invade U.S.-backed South Korea- The Korean War begins…
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