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Origins of the Cold War
Sources of Tension between the West and the USSR
Soviet Isolationism
Wary of capitalism and imperialism during Revolution
Russian Revolution and Pre-WWII
- Civil War between Whites and Reds
- Western Allied military support of Whites
- Imperialistic diplomacy meant to divide potential Soviet allies
- Soviet funding of British worker strikes
A Bipolar World
Capitalist and Communist Spheres of Influence
WWII Diplomacy
Mistrust and Feelings of Betrayal
Non-Aggression Pact
Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact
Non-Aggression Pact
- Also called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
- Secret agreements to divide up Poland and Eastern Europe
A Delayed Second Front
USSR bore the heaviest casualties in WWII
End of War Diplomacy
Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam
Tehran, 1943
- Meeting to discuss war strategy
- Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to Western Invasion (Operation Overlord)
- Stalin agreed to step up attacks in the East
- In exchange Stalin claimed influence in E. Europe
Yalta, 1945
- Occupation and possible dismantling of Germany
- Soviets agreed to enter war against Japan
- Soviets agreed to free elections in Poland and E. Europe
The Eastern Bloc
Stalin's Annexation of Eastern Europe
Potsdam, 1945
- Truman hinted at a new weapon but never mentioned the bomb
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed one week later
- Led to mistrust between Stalin and Truman
Occupied Germany
Post-War Diplomacy
Iron Curtain and Containment
The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill
Containment and the Marshall Plan
- Foreign Policy would center around new bipolar world
- Goal of the US would be to stop the spread of Communism anywhere
- Used economic aid (Marshall Plan) and military force (Truman Doctrine)
