2. Soviets Tighten their Grip on Eastern Europe
After the war, Soviets made it clear that they were a nation of enormous economic and military strength
They, unlike the U.S. however, had suffered much devastation on their own land.
20 million Soviets had died, half of them being civilians
Because of these deaths, they felt as though they were owed Eastern Europe
If they had this land, they felt they could better prevent future attacks from the west.

3. Soviets Tighten their Grip on Eastern Europe
Stalin implemented communist governments in countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland
These countries became collectively known as “satellite nations”. This meant they were dominated by the Soviet Union
In early 1946, Stalin announced another war was imminent and that communism and capitalism were incompatible

4. U.S. Establishes a Policy of Containment
Americans decided it was time to stop “babying the Soviets”.
George Kennan introduced a policy of containment.
This meant taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries
This guided Truman’s foreign policy
Europe was now divided into two: mostly democratic western Europe and communist Eastern Europe

5. Iron curtain: this meant the division between the two sides in Europe
Iron curtain: this meant the division between the two sides in Europe. Churchill called the division this in a speech
Stalin said that Churchill’s speech was a call to war

6. The Truman Doctrine
U.S. began to contain the Soviet influence in Greece and Turkey. Britain was sending economic and military support to both countries in order to prevent a takeover
Britain was soon hurting by the amount of aid being sent and how much money had been spent in WWII. They asked the U.S. to takeover giving aid
Truman accepted this and asked Congress for $400 million for economic and military aid for both Turkey and Greece.

7. The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a statement he gave that “it MUST be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure”
Congress agreed and approved the aid. Congress also said that the doctrine was essential to keeping Soviet influence from spreading.

8. The Marshall Plan Western Europe was pure chaos
People were living in refugee camps, factories were bombed or looted
The governments were attempting to figure out what to do to help
That winter was the coldest in centuries
This caused damaged crops and frozen rivers. The frozen rivers prevented water transportation and caused a fuel shortage

9. 1947: George Marshall, Secretary of State, proposed that the U. S
1947: George Marshall, Secretary of State, proposed that the U.S. provide aid to all European nations that needed it. This move would be a move against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.
This plan gave Europe hope for the future
Over the next 4 years, 16 countries received around $13 billion in aid.
1952: Western Europe was flourishing and the communist party had lost its appeal.