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Yalta Conference
"The Big Three": Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill
--Divide up Germany between Allies; different zones
--E. Euro countries would be held by Soviets; Free Elections to follow
--New Polish borders
--$20 Billion in reparations from Germany -
Creation of the United Nations
--Treaty of San Francisco
--"To maintain international peace and security"
--5 permanent members of Securty Council (Veto power)
1. US
2. UK
3. France
4. Republic of China
5. USSR -
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam, Germany
--Stalin, Truman & Atlee
--Continuing Yalta discussions of rebuilding Europe
--German reparations; 50% goes to USSR
--Demilitarized, De-Nazify Germany; each occupied zone done differently
--Truman uses nuclear power as bargaining tool -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
--Japan surrenders -
The Sinews of Peace
Westminster College, Fulton MO --What is Churchill warning against?
--What is the "Iron Curtain"?
--What does Russia desire, according to Churchill?
--Why is Churchill concerned with the spread of Communism? -
Polish "Free Elections'
--Bierut's communists easily gain control because:
1. Over 50K people deported to Siberia before election
2. From opposition party:
A. 246 DQ'd
B. 149 arrested
C. 18 murdered -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine --What policy was supported by the Truman Doctrine? "...an ideological shield behind which the United States marched to rebuild the Western political and economic system and counter the radical left... therefore any threats to the Western system could be easily explained as Communist inspired, not as problems which arose from difficulties within the system itself" --Walter LaFeber -
The Marshall Plan
--Econ aid to Europe; must qualify & allow investigation
--4 years; $17 billion
---USSR calls plan "dollar imperialism" -
Berlin Blockade
Blockade & Airlift
--Until May 1949
