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Rivalry In Europe
The communist people's Liberation Army and anticommunist forces support by great Britain were fihting each other for the control of Greece in 1946 -
The Truman Doctrine
The possibility of soviet expasion into the eastern Mediterranean, responded in early 1947 with the Truman Doctrine. -
Communist Patterns of Control
The timetable of the soviet takeover varied from country to country. Between 1945 and 1947. -
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine was followed in June 1947 by the European Recovery Program. The program was designed to rebuild the prosperity and stability of war-torn Europe, -
The Division of Germany
By February 1948, Great Britain, France , and the United States were making plans to unify thr three Western sections of germany
(and Berlin) and create a West German goverment. -
New military Alliances
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in April 1949 when belgium, Luxembourg, France -
The economic Miracle of the west Germany
From 1949 to 1963 Konrad Adenauer, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union served as chacellor. -
Western Europe: Recovery
By 1950, industrial output in europe was 30% above prewar levels. -
The United States in the 1950's
The New Deal had brought basic changes to American Society. -
A Wall in Berlin
West Berlin remained a "Western island" of properity in the midst of the relatively poverty-stricken East Germany> -
Revolts Against Communism
In 1956, protests erupted in Poland. In response the polish communist party adopted a series of reforms in october 1956. -
The Khrushchev Era
The indrustrial growth rate, which had soared in the early 1950's now declined dramatically from 13% in 1953 to 7.5% in 1964
