The Beginning of the Cold War

Ideologies
1. Capitalism
  1. People earn money
  2. Competition
  3. People against each other/businesses
  4. Countries
    1. UK
    2. USA
    3. West Germany
    4. France
    5. Western Block
2. Communism
  1. Money Shared
  2. Countries
    1. USSR
    2. China
    3. Eastern Block
    4. Cuba under Castro
  3. Theory of Marx
  4. Everyone works for the benefit of the state
  5. Totalitarian State
    1. Government Controls Everything
    2. Dictator
    3. Controls over press
    4. Limited Freedoms
Breakdown of the grand Alliance
1. What was it?
  1. WW2 Aliance
  2. UK, USA and USSR
  3. Against Nazis
  4. Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
2. Conferences
  1. Tehran
    1. November - December 1943
    2. WW2 tactics
    3. Stalin annoyed
      1. Thought USA Were waiting for the USSR to wound themselves
      2. Friction
        Early Tension
    4. USSR would declare war on Japan when Germany defeated
  2. Yalta
    1. Germany would be reduced in size
    2. Would be Demilitarised
    3. Germany would be rebuilt
      1. Prevented what caused WW2
      2. Split into East and West
    4. Nazis would be banned
    5. UN would be created
    6. Poland would remain in USSR sphere of inflence
  3. Potsdam
    1. Set up a council of ministers for rebuilding of Europe
    2. Reduce the size of Germany
    3. Germany Divided
    4. Berlin Divided
    5. USSR would get industrial equiptment, West would get Coal
    6. Atlee Not Churchill - Left Wing
    7. Truman not Eisenhower - Less Trust
3. WW2 Events
  1. The Atomic Bomb
    1. Developed by the USA
    2. USSR Afraid
    3. USSR Developed their own
    4. Used in Negotiation by Truman
  2. Greece
  3. Poland
European Division
1. War of Words
  1. Creates Tension
2. Telegrams
  1. Long Telegram
    1. USA ambassador in USSR
  2. Novikov
    1. USSR Ambassodor to stalin
3. Aid Packages
  1. Marshall Plan
    1. Two halves of the same walnut
    2. $13 Billion
      1. Rebuild europe
        UK used for NHS
    3. Prevented their being support for Communism
      1. Lower Classes supported communism
    4. Guaranteed Free trade with America
    5. USSR were opposed to this
  2. Comecon
    1. Communist Version of Marshall Plan
    2. Couldn't accept US Help
    3. Loyalty of Eastern Block
4. Satellite States
  1. Yugolslavia
    1. Communists took over in 1945
      1. Wanted Independant Government
  2. Albania
    1. Least opposition
      1. Taken over during war
  3. Baltics
    1. Treated as part of the USSR
  4. East Germany
    1. "Free" elections
      1. Protests against USSR
        Crushed by Tanks
  5. Bulgaria
    1. "Free" Elections
      1. Abolished all political parties
  6. Hungary
    1. "Free" Elections
  7. Czecholslovakia
    1. Co-alition of parties with Communist control
      1. Military take over
  8. Cominform
    1. USSR way of Consolidating power
    2. Representing Communist Parties across Europe
  9. Romania
    1. Communist Prime Minister
5. Truman Doctrine
  1. Would has a choice between Communism or Capitalism
Berlin Blockade
1. Trizonia
  1. 3 Sections of Berlin
    1. British, French and USA
  2. Also of Germany
    1. East Germany
      1. USSR Controlled
        Poor Economocally
    2. West Germany
      1. 3 Zones
2. 4 Summits
  1. Camp David
    1. US Presidential Home
    2. De-escalation in conflicts
    3. More Honesty and openess
    4. September 1959
  2. Vienna
    1. June 1961
    2. Neither Side Backed Down
    3. JFK President
    4. Ultimatum Renewed
  3. Paris
    1. May 1960
    2. US Spy Plane shot down
    3. Khrushchev walked out
  4. Geneva
    1. Khrustchev to visit USA
    2. May 1959
    3. No Solution
3. THEIRS A SPECIALIST MINDMAP :-D
Hungary
1. Causation
  1. Rakosi
    1. Dictator
    2. Known as Bad Butcher
      1. Imprisoned 387,000
    3. Called himself Stalins Best Pupil
      1. Aligned with USSR
  2. De-Stalinisation
    1. Khrushchev speech
    2. More Liberal USSR
  3. Hungary under Stalin
    1. Land redistributed to USSR
    2. Goods Distributed
      1. Hungarians deprived of Food
    3. Russian Officials controlled the government police and army
2. Events
  1. Imre Nagy
    1. Fought in WW1
    2. Fought for the Bolshvieks
    3. Supporter of the USSR
    4. Opposed to Rakosi's Government
    5. Program of reform
      1. Made Prime minister
      2. Asked UN to recognise them as neutral state
        Independent from USSR
      3. Freedom of press
  2. Khrushchev's response
    1. Military
      1. 200,000 Troops
    2. Reversal of reforms
    3. Nagy on trial
      1. Executed
        Warning to USSR States

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