PPT-Soviets Tighten their Grip on Eastern Europe

After the war Soviets made it clear that they were a nation of enormous economic and military strength They unlike the US however had suffered much devastation on their own land 20 million Soviets had died half of them being civilians . L/O – To explain why Satellite states were set-up and to identify the key features of COMINFORM & COMECON. What is a satellite state?. Satellite State. = a country that is officially independent but is in reality controlled by another country.. Conference “Demographic Change in Central and Eastern Europe”, . JPI More Years, Better Lives. , Vienna 24 March 2015. Tom. áš. Sobotka. Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital. With Germany in Between. Allies Become Enemies. There was always tension between capitalists Americans and the communists Soviets during WWII.. This was due to the non-aggression pact with Hitler and lack of Soviet involvement in the war.. how to apply tighten up cream. tighten up cream directions. how to tighten up cream cheese frosting. tighten up cream free shipping. tighten up cream cost. online tighten up cream. ultima ii brighten up tighten up eye cream. brighten up tighten up eye cream. tighten up skin cream. how to tighten up a cream sauce. cheap tighten up cream. tighten up cream cost. reviews on tighten up cream. how to use tighten up cream. ultima ii brighten up tighten up eye cream. L/O: To explain how Stalin took over . E. astern . Europe . COMINFORM. Communist information Bureau. COMECON. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. The Iron Curtain. “A shadow has fallen has upon the scenes so lately lighted by the allied victory. From Stettin to the Baltic an iron curtain has fallen. Beyond that line lie all the states of central and eastern Europe. The Communist parties have been raised far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. This is certainly not the liberated Europe we sought to build. Nor is it one which allows permanent peace.”. By Andrew Knowlton and . Jack Anderson. Absolutism. Absolutism was a response to the religious wars, plagues, and destruction that plagued Europe.. Rulers who came to power were paranoid of losing it. :. "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down"-Lord Ismay. Writing into the day:. The United Nations, the IMF, and the World Bank were created to help facilitate economic and political stability in the world, with the United States as a principal architect. In 1959, only a few years after the creation of the United Nations, some groups argued that the U.S.A. should pull out as the UN was trying to create a “One world Government.” What are the advantages and disadvantages of world organizations like these? Should the United States pull out of the UN? Why is there fear of a one world government? Explain your answer.. Unit 11.1. Theme #1. . T. he United States and the Soviet Union emerged from the Second World War as the two dominant enemy super powers, who became engaged in a dangerous Cold War. The Cold War soon became a global ideological conflict between democracy and communism.. Unit 8. Origins of the Cold War: 1945–1949. After WWII widespread fear develops that all of Europe may fall to Communism. Many of Europe’s economies / countries were suffering greatly and communism’s appeal to the poor fueled fears of worldwide communist revolution . The Cold War. 1945-89. Cold War . – Struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.. “Means Short of Action/War?”. Alliances. CONTAINMENT. Space Race. Arms Race. MAIN IDEAS. ECONOMICS: The conflicting economic systems, capitalism and communism, competed for influence and power after WWII. The superpowers in this struggle were the United States and the Soviet Union. Introduction. 16 independent countries make up region of Eastern Europe. From Baltic Sea in north to Balkan Peninsula in south. Eastern Europe – four separate sub regions. Central Europe. Baltic States. Two Superpowers Face Off. What was the Cold War?. What was the Cold War?. . The period of tension and hostility. that developed between the U.S. . and the Soviet Union after World . War II. It lasted almost 50 years. .