Post World War II Europe THE COLD WAR. POST WAR GERMANY Paris Peace Conference -Feb 10, 1947- formal treaties signed, agreements made Divided into four.

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Post World War II Europe THE COLD WAR

POST WAR GERMANY Paris Peace Conference -Feb 10, formal treaties signed, agreements made Divided into four occupied parts Federal Republic of Germany “Fully Sovereign Nation” March 15, 1991 No Formal UN protection to this day!

POST WAR GERMANY

CONTAINMENT & US FOREIGN POLICY Truman Doctrine- based on happenings in Greece “Free people who are resisting… outside pressures” Basically protect against COMMUNISM Marshall Plan- US economic recovery packages to countries who wish to be “democratic” Soviet satellites wanted to join, Soviet Union threatens them.

IRON CURTAIN- WINSTON CHURCHILL- 1946

BERLIN BLOCKADE- BERLIN AIRLIFT 1948 Berlin located in Soviet Occupied Germany Soviets upset at treatment by US and Britain

NEW ALLIANCES North Atlantic Treaty Organization- NATO 1949 Mutual assistance if attacked Belgium, Netherlands, France, Britain, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, Canada, US. (W. Germany, Greece and Turkey too) Warsaw Pact Similar to NATO, but for Soviets and its satellites. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, E. Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR

ISRAEL British Balfour Declaration (post WWI) Israel created in the British-owned state of Palestine Post WWII UN decision to create two states- Palestine and Israel May 14, 1948 Independence declared US supports Israel, Soviets support Arabs

KOREAN WAR Cold War turns Hot US intervenes under UN ordinance China is threatened June 1950-June th Parallel

WHO IS KHRUSCHEV? Nikita Khruschev, after Stalin’s death Economic reforms End of total censorship Secret Speech 1956 Sputnik Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962

SPACE RACE Sputnik first satellite into orbit US still no successful launch

SPACE RACE Sputnik II- Laika the first living creature sent to space, survived the launch Vostok I- Yuri orbits the earth, 2 hour flight US still does not have a successful launch

BERLIN WALL To keep E. Germans from leaving to W. Germany August 1961-November 1989

BERLIN WALL The literal IRON CURTAIN

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Fidel Castro establishes Communist government 1962 Soviets place nuclear missiles in Cuba President Kennedy responds with a blockade “Standoff”

RED SCARE AROUND THE GLOBE