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The beginning of the Cold war started because of the USA and the USSR struggle after the war. Mostly economically damaged.
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The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide economic and military aid. This was to oppose the spread of communism.
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President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act. This act was named after George Marshall, secretary of state. Marshall had proposed back in 1947 that the United States provide economic help postwar Europe.
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Soviets had blocked off all routes into the West Berlin. They blocked off land, rail and water routes.
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The soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin. This caused the Berlin Airlift which had Berlin be supplied by air.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as NATO. NATO was created to counter the soviet power in Europe.
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The soviets called off the Blockade. After the Berlin Airlift, the soviets realized they just needed to call it off.
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The allies divide Germany into four zones. Those zones are the French Zone, British Zone, American Zone, and the Soviet Zone.
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Eastern Europe response to NATO was the Warsaw Pact. Eastern Europe had formed their own alliance.
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The Berlin Wall was built up overnight. Its purpose was to keep East Germans from fleeing to the West.
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The cold war started to thaw. This led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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On December 25, 1991 Soviet President Gorbachev resigned. This was part of why the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
