The Cold war era - the aftermath of world war

9 important questions on The Cold war era - the aftermath of world war

Why was there tension between the USA and the Soviet Union?

Before World War 2 there already was distrust between the USA and the Soviet Union. And Stalin didn't keep his promise which he made at the conference. He made satellite states of red army liberated countries, which were supposed to have free elections.

What is a satellite state?

A state that is offficially independent but is under heavy political, economic and military control of another country.

What was the Marshall plan

George Marshall saw that poverty was a pathway to communism. To cut off this danger in western Europe he devised a plan. The Marshall Plan. The plan stated that the USA would stimulate the economies of western Europe. This plan became operative in 1948 when the USA donated 12 billion dollars to western Europe
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What was the Iron Curtain?

Political, military and ideological barrier created by the Soviet Union to block itself and its sattelite states from open contact with the West

What was the Berlin Blockade?

Stalin tried to take over West Berlin in 1948. They tried to do this by a blockade for all traffic, preventing food and supplies of entering west Berlin. (24th June 1948-12th May 1949)

What was the Cold War?

State of political and military tension after World War II between the West (USA and its NATO allies) and the East (The Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies)

What was the Berlin Wall?

Barrier (1961-1989) constructed by East Germany, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.

What was the Berlin Airlift?

The USA had to respond to the blockade, so they did. They started an airlift. Over the next three hundred days thousands of allied airplanes flew to west Berlin with food and fuel supplies.

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

The wall was built because too many East-Germans fled to West Germany through Berlin. Over 2.6 million people fled between 1949 and 1961. To stop this depopulation the Soviet Union built a wall around East Berlin .

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