causes of cold war
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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