Russia & Eastern Europe Cold War Notes

Russia & Eastern Europe Cold War Notes

• Stalin broke from the West; Soviet tanks remained in Eastern Europe.

• Truman-Stalin relationship deteriorated.

• Berlin Airlift: US & England supplied Berlin, signalling start of Cold War.

• Korean War: First armed conflict between Communists and NATO.

• Space Race: Large part of the Cold War.

• Vietnam War: Huge test for the Truman Doctrine.

• Truman Doctrine: USA to combat Communism anywhere it appears.

• Cold War ended under George H.W. Bush; collapse of Iron Curtain led to fall of USSR.

• Iron Curtain was in Berlin, Germany.

• Marshall Plan (European Recovery Act): Economic component of Cold War strategy; USA gifted .

• USA benefitted economically from Marshall Plan.

• USSR struggled with invasion of Afghanistan; USA supported Afghan rebels.

• Cold War Divide: Germany (East & West).

• USSR & USA courted 3rd World nations.

• Warsaw Pact created to offset NATO.