decolonization during the cold war

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Une présentation powerpoint claire sur les effets de la guere froide sur la décolonisation (en anglais).

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Decolonization

DecolonizationThe cold war impacts

Cold war =>1945-1991USA VS USSR

NON aligned countries

Colonies

Harry S. Truman33th president of the USATruman doctrine : 1947Wish to free nations and to make them independent=> DECOLONIZATION USA : ex-colony=> Impossible to refuse decolonization

USA

Andrey ZhdanovUSSRResponse to the Truman doctrineOpposite of Truman doctrine but same global viewCominform : control of the countries=> Contradiction with communism

USSR expansion

NonAlignedThe fight for new countries' control

Bosphorus Dardanelles The Turkish Strait crisis1946 1953Interdiction to the USSR to use the straitsThe USSR increases its forces in TurkeyTurkey asks the USA for help and they acceptThe USSR capitulatesTurkey joins the NATO bloc in 1952

Suez crisis

1956Nasser nationalizes the Suez canalFrance, GB and Israel attackMonetary and military American attackWithdrawal of GB and France

Vocabulary : Withdrawal = repliHome country = mtropole

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