Transcript Origins of the Cold_War

Cold War
The Origins and Beginning
Yalta - The Big Three

Churchill (Great
Britain), FDR (U.S.),
Stalin (Soviet Union)
met to discuss the end
of WW II
 Germany would be
divided into four
sectors, with each
sector controlled by a
major allied power
Germany divided

Germany would be
disarmed
 Nazis would be tried
for war crimes
Think & Write
Then
Turn & Talk
 How
is this similar to the end of WWI?
 How do you think the German people felt
at the end of WWII?
 How were the ideologies of the Soviet
Union, United States, and Great Britain
different?
Additional Gains for Russia
 More
votes in the newly formed United
Nations
 Russia would be in charge of “free
elections” in Poland and other eastern
European nations (Russian influence)
Potsdam, July 1945

Churchill, Truman and
Stalin discussed the
pending defeat of Japan
 Truman emphasized
international
cooperation (idea of
globalism) to assist
nations in need

Eisenhower is telling
Truman that the U.S.
MUST maintain military
superiority in Europe.
The Containment Policy

Article in Foreign
Affairs: USA should
“contain”
communism where
it exists (form of
foreign policy)
Read & Write
Then
Turn & Talk
 Read
the excerpts from The Sources of
Soviet Conduct (1947) by George F. Kennan
 What two pieces of evidence do you believe
are the most persuasive in his argument that
Communism should be contained? Why?
 How does Kennan argue the United States
should deal with the Soviet Union (describe
the foreign policy)?
Truman Doctrine

USA will support any
nation threatened by a
communist takeover or
rebellion
 USA provided
assistance to both
Greece and Turkey to
prevent communist
takeovers in those
nations

Economic aid: $400
million
Read & Write
Then
Turn & Talk
 Read
the excerpts from The Truman
Doctrine (1947) speech given by President
Truman
 How was American national security at risk
and affected by events in Greece and Turkey
according to Truman?
 What two ideologies (describe them) does
Truman juxtapose and who do they
correspond to?
Marshall Plan

USA provided
economic aid and
assistance to rebuild
war torn Europe,
including Germany.
 Aid was offered to the
Soviet Union but they
rejected the offer.
Read & Write
Then
Turn & Talk
 Read
the excerpts from The Marshall Plan
(1947)
 How does Marshall describe the state of
Europe after WWII? BE SPECIFIC
 What is Marshall’s rationale (reasoning) for
the United States giving European countries
economic aid? BE SPECIFIC
Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
Stalin Vs. Truman

Stalin ordered Berlin
blockade/closed


all entry into Berlin
illegal via highways
and railroads.
“We are going to stay,
period!”
Truman’s bluff

Truman ordered 60 B29 Bombers to
England
 Truman told the
Russians there was
an A-Bomb on each
airplane
Berlin Airlift

American planes
would fly supplies
(economic aid) into
Berlin
Blockade Lifted

May 4, 1949 = Stalin
lifted the Berlin
Blockade
Exit Slip
 What
is the foreign policy of containment?
 How the foreign policy of containment
affect the United States role in a global
sense? (will military force be necessary)