1943-1953 origins of the alliance the second front the big three the war time conferences the...
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The Cold War: The Early Years
1943-1953
Origins of the alliance
The Second Front
The Big Three
The War Time Conferences
The Grand Alliance
The State of War
Germany
Poland
Eastern Europe
Japan
The United Nations
Outcomes of the Conference
The Tehran Conference
The State of War
Germany
Poland
Eastern Europe
Japan
The United Nations
Outcomes of the Conference
The Yalta Conference
Roosevelt’s Death
Harry S. Truman
Germany surrendered unconditionally
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
Soviet Army occupied much of Germany
USA tested the atomic bomb
Between Yalta and Potsdam
The State of War
Germany
Poland
Eastern Europe
Japan
The United Nations
Outcomes of the Conference
The Potsdam Conference (July 1945)
Salami Tactics
Polish ‘Free Elections’
Pressure on Iran
Greece and Turkey
Communist parties in Italy and France
Key Developments 1946-1947
General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party:
Mátyás Rákosi
Kennan’s Long Telegram:
February 1946
Insecurity
Stalin’s Ideology
“cruel and repressive”
“logic of force”
Containment
The Next Step
Winston
Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
March 1946
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The Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Problems in Greece
The British Response
The American Response
Isolationism to Intervention…again
The Marshall Plan
Help the USSR?
Stated goals of the plan
Dollar Imperialism
Soviet Foreign Minister
Vyshinksy
Dollar Imperialism?
The Molotov Plan
Cominform
Stalin’s “Two Camp” Doctrine
COMECON
The Marshall Plan
Red Army Occupation of Eastern
Europe
Soviet Military Power
Salami Tactics
State police and security/spy networks
COMECON
The ‘Mr. X’ Article
1945-1947
The Czechoslovakian Coup
The Marshall Plan
Sense of Abandonment
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk
Truman’s Response
February 1948
Military Zones
The Allied Control Council (ACC)
Supply Shortages
Unifying Western Germany
Stalin’s Decision
The Berlin Blockade
Berlin
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Occupation Zones
Corridors
The Berlin Airlift
Stalin’s Response
The Berlin Blockade
Continuation of the division
of Germany
First Republic of Germany
Konrad Adenauer
German Democratic Republic
NATO
Results of the Blockade
Communism VS Capitalism
Future of Containment
The Role of the United Nations
Conclusions
Optimism about
Containment
“Ace Cards”
Power Shift
The Chinese Civil War
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
US Foreign Policy 1949-1950
Japanese Rule
Soviet Influences (38th Parallel)
Communist Leader Kim Il Sung
President Syngman Rhee
Two Koreas
Background
Mutual Defense
agreements
Problems within the UN
Soviet Boycotts
June 1950
Background
Unification
The Soviet Response
Truman’s Response
“Police Action”
Why did North Korea Invade South Korea?
The Initial Invasion
General Douglas MacArthur
Inchon to Seoul
The 38th Parallel
From Containment to Rollback
The Course of the War
Pyongyang
The Yalu River
November 1950: Help from China
Stalemate
MacArthur’s Dismissal
Peace Talks (1951)
Pressure on China
Armistice (July 1953)
The Course of the War
Kim Il Sung
Synghman Rhee
Josef Stalin
Mao Zedong
Major Players
The Spread of U.S.
Forces
NATO
The Treaty of San Francisco, 1952
The Isolation of China
SEATO
Results
For Korea?
For China?
For the USSR?
For Southeast Asia?
What Did The Korean War Mean?
How did the Korean War impact the Cold War?
The Effects
Total War or Limited War?
One more question…….