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Post World War II
Cold War1945 - 1989
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Atlantic Charter – Review
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agreed to seek no territorial gain from the war
FDR and Churchill pledged to support the “right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live.” (self-determination)
The Charter called for a “permanent system of general security,” such as an organization like the League of Nations (United Nations)
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Post WWII
United Nations June 26, 1945 Keep the peace Gather food & supplies for needy nations Homes for war victims Help developing nations with problems of
health, farming, and education
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Ideological conflict Fought with words & ideas
Primarily between U.S. and Soviet Union Communism vs. democracy Dominated world politics
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Truman (like FDR) believed in self-determination U.S. demanded free elections be held
throughout Eastern Europe Much was occupied by the Soviet Union
Stalin promised to allow free elections, but went back on his word after WWII He wanted military security for the
Soviet Union, and for his country to be the dominant world power
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
“A freely elected government in any of the Eastern European countries would be anti-Soviet, and that we cannot allow.”
– Josef Stalin
By 1948, the government of every Eastern European country was under communist control.
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Winston Churchill Warned Americans of
the Soviet threat in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MO, March 1946
An “iron curtain has descended across the continent”, walling off Soviet-dominated nations from the rest of the world
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Truman Doctrine March 1947
Containment of Soviet Communism
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Marshall Plan June 1947 Proposed by Secy. of State George Marshall Provided money to help European
nations rebuild after WWII Factories, schools, hospitals, railroads,
bridges, farms Huge success
1948-1951, U.S. loaned >$12 billion to 16 Western European countries
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Germany & Berlin Divided into 4 parts
East Germany – Communist Soviet Union
West Germany – Democracy Great Britain France U.S.
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Western powers decided it was time to reunite Germany in 1948, but Stalin was opposed
June 1948, Soviets set up a blockade around Berlin and prevented delivery of Allied supplies
Berlin Airlift Cargo planes delivered tons of food and supplies
to 2M people in West Berlin >200,000 flights from June 1948 – May 1949
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
Berlin Airlift
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
A divided Germany and Berlin remained a focus of Cold War tensions
Between 1949 and 1961, thousands of East Germans fled to West Berlin, then into West Germany
Berlin Wall Built in August 1961 Separated East and West Germany Stood for 28 years as a symbol of a divided
Germany and Europe
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Berlin Wall
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Berlin Wall
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Berlin Wall
Westminster College
Fulton, MO
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
State of Israel May 14, 1948
an independent nation
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Cold War 1945 – 1989 International Organizations
United Nations
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) April 1949 U.S. and other Western nations Military alliance – collective defense against a
Soviet attack Warsaw Pact
1955 Soviet Union and Communist countries
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Cold War 1945 – 1989
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