Origins of the Cold War

By VincentTan

  • Yalta conference

    Stalin pledged to hold free elections in poland but did not do so. signs of distrusts between superpowers. "turning point" in terms of breakdown of cooperations between superpowers

  • Germany surrenders to allies

  • Potsdam conference

    Roosevelt passed away and is replaced by Harry s. Truman whom took on a more "aggresive approach to the USSR
    Germany split into four zones controlled by the USA, USSR, Britain and France. Reparations to be extracted from germany.

  • Atomic bomb dropped on japan

  • USSR enters war against japan

  • End of WWII japan surrender

  • George kennan's long telegram

    Highlights that the soviets cannot be trusted and would resort to aggresive means.

  • Churchill's iron curtain speech

    emphasised on the need to contain communism.

  • Clifford Elsey Report

    Highlighted the soviet's use of aggresion in Iran and Manchuria, and that these acts were not for their defence and security.

  • Truman doctrine

    400 million given to greece and turkey. Attempt to contain communism by supporting greece and turkeys' economies to prevent them from turning to communism. milestone to yalta conference and long telegram.

  • Marshall Plan announced

    Aims to provide financial aid and supplies to western european countries as they were econimcal weaken by WWII. Turning point in economic breakdown.

  • Molotov plan

    Soviet's version of Marshall plan.

  • Czech coup

    Communists took over Czech government.

  • Marshall plan implemented

    17 billion in funds channeled to marshall plan

  • Berlin Blockade

    The US and Britain sought agreement on a plan to introduce a new germany currency that would circulate freely in all four zones. When this met with Soviet resistnce, the three western powers proceeded in June 1948 to establish the Deutchemark, Stalin interpreted this creation of a single currency as a signal for the establishment of the new germany in the west.
    blocked off all transport into east germany, USA responded by dropping supplies through airlifts.Turning point in military intervention

  • Formation of NATO

    collective security between USA and the western european countries. USSR saw it as a threat against their security.

  • West Germany joins NATO

  • Formation of Warsaw Pact

    Collective security of USSR and its sattelite states.