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 starter activity. Read about events in Czechoslovakia in 1948 & take notes on how the Communists assumed control.  Extension: why was the West so shocked by events in this country?. Czech Crisis, 1948. Communists mounted a coup d’ é tat Police force taken over by communists

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  1. starter activity Read about events in Czechoslovakia in 1948 & take notes on how the Communists assumed control.  Extension: why was the West so shocked by events in this country?

  2. Czech Crisis, 1948 • Communists mounted a coup d’état • Police force taken over by communists • Non-communist personnel removed • Non-communists removed from govt • Fear & coercion used to remove remaining opponents, e.g. Jan Masaryk defenestrated • President Benes forced to resign & replaced by communist Gottwald

  3. What shocked West • Symptomatic of Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe & communist expansionism • Last remaining democratic country in Eastern Europe • Memories of WWII – failure of appeasement & Nazi expansionism

  4. What impact did the Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1948 have on Western attitudes towards the USSR?

  5. How did the blockade of Berlin increase Cold War tensions?  LOs To be able to explain how the communists took control of Czechoslovakia To identify at least 5 major causes of the Berlin Blockade (1948-9) To assess the impact of the crisis

  6. Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. Why was Berlin so important during the Cold War?

  7. Reasons why Berlin was so important • Capital of Germany - cause of two world wars • Place where East met West, communism v. capitalism • Focus of world events at Yalta & Potsdam (1945), Berlin Blockade (1948-9), Berlin Wall (1961, 1989)

  8. What does this photo tell us about Berlin after WWII?

  9.  Your task • Read p.31 and in your notes summarise the main reasons why the Berlin Blockade occurred in 1948. • Which reason was the most important? • Extension: Why did the US not fear a revived Germany, whilst the USSR did?

  10. Causes of Berlin Blockade • Divisions over future of Berlin dating back to Yalta & Potsdam • Tensions of economic differences – West zones benefited from Marshall Aid • Differences in living standards • Failure of Council of Ministers • Introduction of new currency – Deutche Mark • Merger of Western zones

  11.  Your task • Read p.31-2 and list the major consequences of the Berlin Blockade. •  Extension: Who in your opinion came out as the winners as a result of this crisis?

  12. What were the consequences? • 1st major flashpoint of Cold War • 1949, Western allies estd. Federal Republic of West Germany • 1949, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) founded • End to US isolationism • Divisions between East & West Germany became permanent

  13. Watch the extract from the Channel 4 series, ‘Cold War’ and answer the questions that follow.

  14. Why were Truman & Stalin so determined to make an example of Berlin?

  15.  Extension • Produce a presentation and factoid on Lucius D Clay. Did his attitude help to increase tensions or avert the threat of a conflict with the USSR? General Lucius D Clay, Governor of Berlin

  16.  Plenary • Why was Berlin so important? • Why did Stalin order the blockade? • What were the long-term consequences of the Berlin Blockade?

  17.  Debate • Work in small groups. Your task is to demonstrate that your given event was the most significant turning point in the development of Cold War in the period 1945-48? • Yalta & Potsdam conferences (1945) • Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe (1945-7) • Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech (1946) • Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid (1947) • Berlin Blockade (1948-9)

  18.  Homework • Please read the extracts from Cold War at Source on the Berlin Blockade and complete questions 1-5 • Extension: See previous task on Lucius D Clay

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