[12.5] Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid

What was ‘containment’?

Truman’s strategy to prevent the spread of Communism from 1945 to 1947

What key document advised Truman about the strengths and weaknesses of the USSR?

George Kennan document February 1946

What did george kenan’s document advise?

That the USA should pursue a policy of containing communism only when the USSR was aggressive, and wait for the USSR to collapse from the inside.

What document recommended a tougher stance on Communism?

The Clifford-Elsey report, 1946

What was the Truman Doctrine

Truman’s commitment to defend free countries that were threatened by ‘oppressive’ neighbours around the world.

What action backed up the Truman Doctrine?

That the US gave 400 million dollars in economic and military aid to Greece

What was Marshall Aid?

The USA’s plan to financially support 16 countries in Europe to provide stability and lessen the threat of Communism.

What was Stalin’s reaction to Marshall Aid?

Stalin set up COMINFORM in 1947 to directly manage the countries in the USSR’s sphere of influence

describe NATO

A military alliance of countries in the USA’s sphere of influence

what was the Warsaw pact?

The military unification of eight Communist countries, headed by the USSR, in 1955

What was the ECSC?

European Coal and Steel Community.  An economic alliance of six European countries, founded in 1951

What was the UNO?

The United Nations Organization

How frequently did planes land in Berlin at the height of the airlift

Every 30 seconds

What did the planes bring to Berlin

Coal, food and chocolate for children

When did the USSR accept that the West would control West Berlin

May 1949, they raised the blockade of the city

In what year did the USSR successfully test their first atomic weapon?

1949