Murley Cold War 1

Second Front

Stalin's proposal to fight Germany in France, relieving pressure of German attack on USSR

the purges

Stalin arrests his enemies in the party, in the armed forces, in secret police. 1936-39. A wave of terror

containment

US policy to prevent spread of Communism to other countries

Yalta Conference

1. created United Nations
2. divided Germany + Austria into zones of occupation
3. free elections Eastern Europe
4. USSR joins against Japan
5. borders of Poland

coalition government

government representatives from several parties. Coalitions in Eastern European countries included Communists - giving them a foothold

Truman doctrine

USA would aid any country under attack by armed minorities. (aim: to prevent Communism spreading to other countries)

Marshall Plan

plan to give financial support to Europe

NATO

the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 1949
military alliance between USA, Canada, most of Western Europe
to defend West during Cold War

Czechoslovakian Crisis 1948

Before elections (where communists expected to do badly), communists in government purge non-communists in government and take over country with little bloodshed

Berlin Blockade 1948-1949

USA, Britain + France set up a separate West German state with a separate currency. Stalin responds by blockading Berlin. West responds by airlifting food + fuel into Berlin

McCarthyism / The Red Scare

movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy to remove communist sympathisers from all section of American life - including some members of Truman's government.