Polish oath of loyalty 19538/16/2023 ![]() ![]() In World War II the communists played a part in guerrilla actions against occupation Stalin saw it as a US attempt to control Europeġ919-1939 this was a liberal democracy until Nazis moved in The western part of Germany was an associated memberĪpril 1948 Congress voted $5.3 billion for this aid Stalin banned any Russian controlled-country from accepting thisĮrnest Bevin the British Foreign Secretary persuaded the other European Countries to form the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation This ended in 1947 but Europe hadn’t recoveredĥ th June 1947 US Secretary of State George Marshall said US would provide the aid to continue European recovery They would not attempt to ‘roll back’ communismĬommunism would not be allowed to advance furtherġ945-7 US sent aid to War damaged Europe through the United Nations relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) US would not return to the isolationism of the inter-war years March 1947 Truman set out his policy – US would support free peoples resisting aggression by armed minorities and outside forcesĬongress voted $4 billion for forces to be sent to Greece and Turkey US Congress was persuaded to vote for a commitment to ‘free’ Europe Numbers of nuclear weapons reached a level known as ‘MAD’ or Mutually Assured Destruction, also known as ‘Overkill’Ĭountries had compulsory military service whereby young men had to serve in the armed forces for a limited periodĪfter the death of Stalin in 1953 the tension eased somewhat but there seemed little hope of peaceful co-existenceĪt Yalta and Potsdam Greece was named as a British sphere of influenceĪfter the Germans had gone in 1944 British troops fought communist guerrillas to keep the monarchy in powerġ946 the communists rose again helped by neighbouring Moscow controlled statesįebruary 1947 Great Britain no longer had enough money to fight for the defence of Greece The powers had nuclear weapons and there was the fear that a war would destroy the world The enemy was attacked with cartoons, articles, speeches and interviewsĬonstant attempts were made to win over neutral countries ![]() The struggle was conducted with an arms’ race and propaganda It wasn’t a real or ‘hot’ war – there was no declaration of war March 1946 at Fulton Missouri he made a speech saying “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent” It said “What is to happen about Russia? An iron curtain is drawn upon their Front. Sent telegram to President Truman (replaced FDR who had died) Russian-dominated governments were also set up in other countries captured by the Red Army e.g. The Polish government-in-exile in the West was imprisoned when it returned home Poland was regarded as a part of Soviet sphere of influence Roosevelt, Churchill and StalinĪllies suspicious of Soviet actions in Eastern Europe Stalin didn’t enter the war against Japan until he heard the atom bomb was to be used – he entered to secure as much territory as he couldĪugust 1945 Allied leaders met at Potsdam He made concessions to Stalin which angered Churchill Roosevelt (FDR) wanted the break-up of the British Empire Stalin was angered by the Allied refusal to begin a second front against Germany in 1942įranklin D. ![]() Great Britain and France wanted to help Finland against the Soviets 1939 Germany and USSR signed a Non-aggression Pact
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