Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Cominform and
Comecon H/W
Cominform: 1947
Who was involved?
All communist
Sattelite states so as
well as the
communist french
and italian party
What is it?
The cominform (communist
information Bureau) was
set up in september 1947
Used to gather European
Communist parties and made a
soviet and eastern block
Result
It benIfited
the USSR
It helped them
purge people who
disagreed like Tito
The Cause
A response to the Truman
Doctrine and to make
eastern Europe communist
governments
Comecon: 1949
Result
The USSR were supported with army
members and gained the trust of these
countries
The Cause
A response to the marshall plan
A policy where the USSR would finanacially support Europe
Who was involved?
All Satellite States were involved so: Soviet Union,
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and
Poland.
Other countries that were assisted joined too like
Albania, who joined in 1949, the German Democratic
Republic on September 1950, Cuba in 1972 and finally
Veitnam in 1978.
What is it?
It was known as the Council for Mutal
Economic Assistance (CMEA)
It helped out 3rd world countries that needed
the assistance from world war II
Truman Doctrine: 1947
What is it?
Policy of containment
It was a way of supporting
European countries that did
not want to be communist
They payed $400
million for military
and economic aid
The Cause
To help prevent the
spread of
communism
Result
Greek governments
were able to defeat
communism
Who was Involved?
All NATO countries
including Greece and
Turkey in 1947
The Marshall Plan: 1947
Who was involved?
All countries
affected by WW2
Result
Starlin loses trust towards
the USA and refuses
retribution for satellite
countries
Belives the West is
trying to prevent
Communism
The USA gave
away $17 billion
by 1953
The Cause
Very similar to the
Truman Doctrine
but gave more
money to other
countries too