PPT-Cold War Tensions Grow Soviets Blockade Berlin

Although Germany and Berlin the capital had been divided between the US Soviet Union Britain and France after WWII the divisions were not on complete opposite sides West Berlin controlled by the US Britain and France was situated within East Germany controlled by the Soviet Union . &. Iron Curtain. By. Blake Wilson. The Iron Curtain:. During World War II and after, the “Iron Curtain” was being started. The USSR was starting to establish lines of influence and control by taking the countries that were once invaded and controlled by the Germans.. L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade 1948-49. Problems with Berlin. Berlin was deep inside the Soviet sector, yet it was. divided . between the four Allied powers (USA, USSR, Britain and France).. Containment. Truman Doctrine, Marshall Pan. Berlin Blockade/Airlift. Views on Germany. Stalin. . - wanted to destroy Germany, was stripping East Germany of its wealth and machinery. . Britain, US and France. IN THE 1960s, THE 1970s, . AND THE 1980s. Essential Questions. :. What were the important . Cold War events . of the 1960s and 1970s?. . How did the . Cold War end . in the 1980s?. Joseph Stalin . led the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953. Eastern Europe. Nikita Khrushchev followed Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union.. Destalinization. was the purging of the country of Stalin’s memory.. When Hungary tried to gain independence the Soviets invaded and kept communist control.. L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade on relations between the superpowers. The Occupation of Germany. In 1945, Germany was invaded by Western Powers and Soviet forces. It was decided at Yalta and Potsdam to . 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.. Chapter 8 . Students . will . examine how ideological conflict shaped international relations after. . the Second World War . (expansionism. , containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, liberation movements). Berlin had been divided into four occupation zones, as decided at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The three Western powers prepared the way for a capitalist economic system and a democratic government, whereas the USSR was planning for Communism to be established in their zone. All food and supplies had to be brought into Germany through Soviet-occupied territory and so in 1948 when relationships between the US and the USSR had deteriorated, the Soviet Union decided to close all road and rail links into Berlin, in an attempt to get the Western powers, particularly the USA, out of Berlin. . US II Honors. River Dell Regional HS. Mrs. Rivas. Occupation Zones in Germany. What should be done to Germany?. The Western zones decided to replace the nearly worthless German currency with new money, a move the Soviets ferociously opposed. Standard SS6H7: . THE STUDENT WILL EXPLAIN CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN Europe to the 21. st. century.. b. Explain the origins of the Cold War and the rise of Superpowers.. c. Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the end of the Cold War and German reunification.. Period after WWII is referred to as the Cold War. : the tense relationship between capitalism (mainly the USA) and communism (Soviet Union). Postwar (after WWII) discussions were . postponed as long as possible. By end of WWII, alliance between G.B., U.S., and U.S.S.R. disintegrating. Cold war = competition for global influence between democracy/capitalism and communism. Led to: alliances (-> “iron curtain”), client states, arms race, diplomatic . • a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . • b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. .