The USA started the Cold war
➢They had decided at the Yalta conference that Eastern Europe would come under the “Soviets sphere of influence” they then at the Potsdam Conference disagreed about it
➢It was Truman who came up with the “get tough” attitude against the Soviets
➢After “the long telegram” they changed their view towards communism, they made sure that the public hate USSR
➢They brought up the policy of containment, which was to stop the spread of communism.
➢They introduced the Truman Doctrine which meant that they would stop communism at any cost and there would be a point at which they would use military force against them.
➢They introduced the Marshall Plan which was that they provided $17 billion to Europe for it to rebuild and also keep itself away from the spread of communism
➢It joined its region with Britain and France so that it can stop communism from spreading into Germany
➢They involved themselves, in the communist take over of Greece. The funded the Greek monarchist to make sure that they would stay away from communism
➢They came up with NATO so that it can prevent the spread of communism
The USSR started the Cold war
➢Stalin was worried about a threat to USSR so he got Eastern Europe under the “Soviets sphere of influence”
➢Stalin had many disagreements at the Potsdam Conference as he was looking for the safety of his nation and not of the entire Europe. He wanted to cripple Germany but then this would just turn out to be the same events which to place at the TOV
➢He set up a communist government up in Poland which was against the will of the Poles
➢He introduced the Salami Tactics, he eliminated all his oppositions bit by bit
➢He introduced the COMINFORM which is the Communist Information Bureau. Over here, he educated all the communist leaders in different countries
➢He complained to the UN that British troops were involving themselves into Greece peace so that the communists could take over Greece
➢The communist actions which took place in Czechoslovakia to eliminate all democrats created fear for the Americans
➢The USSR were the ones who blocked all the supplies into West Berlin
#Note that
Berlin played a big role in this because at the Yalta and Potsdam conference, it was decided that Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones. The Americans, British and the French did want to let Germany be converted into communist. They together joined their regions and aimed it at USSR. Berlin had lied deeply into the Soviet Land. Stalin fell threatened by this and that is why, he brought up the Berlin Blockade which was that he stopped all transport facilities to West Berlin, which meant that Berlin would be at the mercy of Stalin but the USA were not ready to give up so easily that is why they came up with the Berlin airlift. For 318 days, the USA kept supplying food to West Berlin by air. Stalin could not shoot a plane down because it would be considered an act of War. It is considered significant as, for the first time USA had resisted the spread of communism and changed their policy of isolationism. It showed that the USA did not want to give up and let communism spread. The USSR were taking every chance to seize control of the spreading communism all over the world. It showed that it was USA, Britain and France against USSR
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