View Uprising of 1953 in East Germany and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." Harry S. Truman
- The Division of Germany and Berlin
- Divided into 4 occupation zones under control of Allied Control Council
- 1947 US and GB join their zones. (France joins in 1948 to form West Germany (est. 1949) (Federal Republic of Germany led by Konrad Adenhauer)
- Stalin forms East Germany with his zone the same year (German Democratic Republic (GDR)
View Truman Doctrine and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
- The Truman doctrine was; A Doctrine of Containment
- 400 mil. Dollars pledged to Greece and Turkey to prevent expansion of Communism
- It became a mantra for American policy throughout the world to stop the spread of Communism
- “Line in the Sand”
View Marshall Plan and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
- The Marshall Plan , 1947
- Sixteen nations applied for the aid to be handed out over 4 years
- Also helped limit expansion of Communism
- The US govt. blocked the aid until Czechoslovakia was taken over in 1948
Summary:
The Potsdam conference divided Germany into four zones. The Truman doctrine was implemented because the united states wanted to stop communism. The Marshall plan was an aid to help rebuild western europe. It was financial aid that was to be handed out over a period of four years.