1st Steps of the Cold War

1st Steps of the Cold War  What is a Cold War?  Who was this war fought between?  Were there any physical fights?  Why did this happen?  What is a Cold War?  Who was this war fought between?  Were there any physical fights?  Why did this happen?

1st Steps of the Cold War  1945 WWII ends and Europe is destroyed from the fighting  The Soviet Union, now our enemy, is promoting Communism in Eastern Europe  Europe is divided by an “Iron Curtain”: Imaginary line that divides Democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe  1945 WWII ends and Europe is destroyed from the fighting  The Soviet Union, now our enemy, is promoting Communism in Eastern Europe  Europe is divided by an “Iron Curtain”: Imaginary line that divides Democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

1st Steps of the Cold War

 How does the U.S. contain the spread of Communism in Europe?  1st Step: The Truman Doctrine!  How does the U.S. contain the spread of Communism in Europe?  1st Step: The Truman Doctrine!

1st Steps of the Cold War  Truman Doctrine: A 1947 attempt to contain the spread of Communism in Turkey, Greece, and the Mediterranean Region  These were two countries fighting off communist rebels trying to overthrow their democratic governments  Truman Doctrine: A 1947 attempt to contain the spread of Communism in Turkey, Greece, and the Mediterranean Region  These were two countries fighting off communist rebels trying to overthrow their democratic governments

1st Steps of the Cold War  The alliance system never dies:  Democratic Western Europe forms…  N.A.T.O: An alliance formed for mutual defense against Communism  (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)  The alliance system never dies:  Democratic Western Europe forms…  N.A.T.O: An alliance formed for mutual defense against Communism  (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

1 st Steps of the Cold War  The Soviet Union will not be outdone  Communist Eastern Europe forms…  Warsaw Pact: An alliance formed to unite the Communist Eastern Europe countries against the U.S. and Democracy  The Soviet Union will not be outdone  Communist Eastern Europe forms…  Warsaw Pact: An alliance formed to unite the Communist Eastern Europe countries against the U.S. and Democracy

1st Steps of the Cold War

 What about Europe, in particular, Berlin?  Germany first divided into 4 military zones. (U.S., England, France, Soviet Union)  Germany then divided in half into two countries: West Germany (3 Democratic Zones) and East Germany (Soviet Zone) in 1949  What about Europe, in particular, Berlin?  Germany first divided into 4 military zones. (U.S., England, France, Soviet Union)  Germany then divided in half into two countries: West Germany (3 Democratic Zones) and East Germany (Soviet Zone) in 1949

1st Steps of the Cold War  The Soviet Union is upset at the creation of a Democratic West Germany  The U.S. is still responsible for its sector in Berlin though  Berlin Blockade: Soviets decide to cut off all roads leading into Berlin, Germany  The Soviet Union is upset at the creation of a Democratic West Germany  The U.S. is still responsible for its sector in Berlin though  Berlin Blockade: Soviets decide to cut off all roads leading into Berlin, Germany

1st Steps of the Cold War  The U.S. had to find another way to get supplies into it’s sector of Berlin  Berlin Airlift: The U.S. dropped supplies to the citizens of West Berlin from airplanes for one year.  Soviets eventually lift the blockade, not wanting to start a war  The U.S. had to find another way to get supplies into it’s sector of Berlin  Berlin Airlift: The U.S. dropped supplies to the citizens of West Berlin from airplanes for one year.  Soviets eventually lift the blockade, not wanting to start a war

1st Steps of the Cold War