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The Cold War (1945-1960)

The Cold War (1945-1960). [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0786.gif]. With the impending defeat of Germany, the Allies needed to plan for the post-war period. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0903.gif].

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The Cold War (1945-1960)

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  1. The Cold War(1945-1960)

  2. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0786.gif]

  3. With the impending defeat of Germany, the Allies needed to plan for the post-war period. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0903.gif]

  4. The Yalta Conference (February 1945) was an effort on the part of the Allies to determine the future of Germany.

  5. The Big Three Allies agreed to the creation of the United Nations at Yalta. Delegates from 50 nations met in San Francisco to adopt a charter. [Image source: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/site/images/UN3.jpg]

  6. In April 1945, following the death of FDR, Vice president Harry S. Truman assumed became president of the United States. [Image source: http://www.srmason-sj.org/web/temple-files/hall-of-honor/TRUMAN.JPG]

  7. Even with the creation of the United Nations in 1945, there was a lot of tension between the winners of WWII. [Image source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/imagebank/unlogo.jpg]

  8. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0983.gif]

  9. Josef Stalin wanted Germanyto pay reparations for causing the Second World War.

  10. The United Nations held its first meeting in San Francisco during January 1946. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1031.gif]

  11. The Five permanent members onthe Security Council were the United States, the Soviet Union, Nationalist China, Great Britain, and France. [Image source: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/united-nations-security-council-3.jpg]

  12. President Truman wanted the people of Poland to have elections and choose their form of government.

  13. Uncle Joe said “Nyet!” [Image source: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/Life/life_joshmary/life_web/stalin.jpg]

  14. After losing more than 20 million people, Russia was determined to build satellite nations on their borders that were friendly to Communism. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0468.jpg]

  15. Josef Stalin refused to cooperate with new agencies like the World Bank and . . . [Image source: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/maro99/bank.gif]

  16. . . . the International Monetary Fund. [Image source: http://www.newint.org/issue312/Images/imf.GIF]

  17. These goals were at odds with each other. The Soviet Union helped create communist governments in: Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

  18. The result of these differences was a divided Europe. [Image source: America – Pathways to the Present, page 743.]

  19. [Image source: http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/Nachkriegsjahre_karteBesatzungszonen/index.jpg]

  20. In February of 1946 Stalin predicted that communism would triumph over capitalism. [Image source: http://members.surfeu.at/horvath/stalin.htm]

  21. Stalin established the Cominform, a Soviet agency intended to direct and co-ordinate the activities of Communist parties around the world. [Image source: http://rocinante.colorado.edu/~mnowak/TICK/rscare.jpg]

  22. [Image source: http://oldwww.nvg.ntnu.no/songs/arve_hjalmars/jwayne.gif] Them sound like fightin’ words to me!

  23. Winston Churchill declared ina that an “Iron Curtain” had descended across Europe.

  24. [Image source: http://www.johndclare.net/images/Iron_Curtain.jpg]

  25. Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech was given at Westminster College in Fulton, MO, in March of 1946. [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1094.gif]

  26. [Image source: http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/bkhan/Global%20History%2012/Activities/iron%20curtain.JPG]

  27. These speeches set the tone for the Cold War: A period of ideological conflict and proxy wars. [Image source: http://www.reconnections.net/shadowboxing.jpg]

  28. Fears of civil war in India(February 1946) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1053.gif]

  29. A bomb explodes at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem(July 1946) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1115.gif]

  30. Britain prevents Jewish refugees from arriving in Palestine(July 1946) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1127.gif]

  31. Nehru elected Prime Minister of India(September 1946) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1135.gif]

  32. Discussions held on India's constitution(November 1946) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1181.gif]

  33. Israel proclaims its independence(May 1948) [Image source: http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1424.gif]

  34. In a secret telegram to the State Dept in 1946, Ambassador George Kennan outlined a policy of containment.

  35. Containment is the policy of attempting to prevent the spread of communism by quarantining (isolating) it. [Image source: http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/collections/bac/bac-085.gif]

  36. He said that if Communism couldn’t demonstrate its superiority in Russia, people would find a different ideology.

  37. Whatis the message of this political cartoon?

  38. When Stalin threatened the stability of Greece and Turkey, the United States decided “Enough is enough!” [Image source: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/europe1a.jpg]

  39. US gave $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey. We also set up military bases in each country. “Containment” and the Truman Doctrine guided US foreign policy during the Cold War for 45 years.

  40. Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson stated what everyone already knew: “Only two great powers remain in the world, the United States and the Soviet Union.

  41. In March of 1947, President Truman committed the United States to support free people everywhere in resisting communism. [Image source: http://www.soldatini.org/images/recensioni/wa004_1.jpg]

  42. Back off, or there’ll be big trouble! This became known as the Truman Doctrine. [Image source: http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1058034877314_2003/07/13/unclesam.jpg]

  43. The National Security Act of 1947 • Department of Defense (DoD) • Air Force (USAF) • Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • National Security Council (NSC) We were slowly returning to a war-time mentality.

  44. In June 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall outlined his plan for rebuilding Europe following World War II.

  45. The Soviet Union Rejects the Marshall Plan(July 1947) [Image source http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw1271.gif]

  46. You don’t like the Marshall Plan comrade? Seventeen Western Nations joined the plan. Russia and its allies did not participate. NYET!

  47. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov believed the Marshall Plan was a vicious American scheme for using dollars to “buy its way” in European affairs. [Image source: http://digilander.libero.it/secondaguerra/molotov.jpg]

  48. [Image source: http://www.charleslipson.com/Images/Stalin-Marshall-Plan-cartoon.jpg]

  49. Congress approved the Marshall Plan in 1948. [Image source: http://www.marshallfoundation.org/ECA_org_chart_1949.jpg]

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