early developments in cold war- comifrom, comecon, germany, bizonia, berlin crisis, NATO

Comiform

1947, represented communist parties across europe, rejected marshall plan, told communists in western countries to strike, ensured eastern loyalty

Comecon

1949, USSR created economic bloc, encourage economic development in eastern countries and avoid trade with west, not as successful as marshall plan

differences over germany

had never been resolved, West could not relinquish germany to soviet influence

Bizonia

1947, British and USA joined zones together, french then joined, stalin saw this as betrayal

causes of berlin crisis

temporary division of germany, difference between living standards in east and west, France Britain and USA establish state, West bring in new currency

events of berlin blockade

june 1948 new currency introduced, 24 june stalin closed all roads and railways in response, 2 million people cut off, USA supplied via aircraft, May SU call off blockade

what was brought during the aircraft in berlin blockade

flew nearly 200,000 missions, 1.5 million tonnes of food, 8000 tonnes of supplies a day

consequences of berlin blockade

79 British and USA pilots killed, ended ill feeling in USA and germany, propaganda success in USA, confirmed wests suspicious of USSR, divided germany

what was NATO

military alliance between western countries to defend against communism, agreed to go to war if country was attacked

NATO members

USA, Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Iceland, Luxemburg, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Portugal

why was NATO important to USA

milestone, USA never been a member of peacetime military alliance, showed truman was determined to stop communism

soviet response to NATO

setting up its own military alliance in 1955, established under warsaw pact,