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Post-World War II Europe: NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Post-World War II Europe: NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Why?. Formed in 1949 in response to the threat of Soviet invasion of Western Europe after WW2 Was (and is) a defense coalition- an alliance

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Post-World War II Europe: NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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  1. Post-World War II Europe: NATO and the Warsaw Pact

  2. Why? • Formed in 1949 in response to the threat of Soviet invasion of Western Europe after WW2 • Was (and is) a defense coalition- an alliance • Former Soviet Union (USSR) occupied Eastern Europe as its army moved toward Berlin in 1945 to bring an end to Nazi rule of Germany • Great Britain and US demanded Stalin pull his troops out of Eastern Europe • He feared another attack by Germany and kept troops in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary with Communist governments

  3. Warsaw Pact • Soviet-led political and military alliance in Eastern Europe • Countered NATO • Primary function: to keep allies under Soviet political and military control

  4. Now it’s your turn to do some digging… • You’ll look up : • 1: The Truman Doctrine • 2: The Marshall Plan • 3: “Iron Curtain” • 4: The Berlin Airlift • For each term: • Describe using the reading • Analyze how it relates to the policy of containment

  5. Now color in your map! • NATO in 1949 • Belgium • Canada • Denmark • France • Britain • Iceland • Italy • Luxembourg • The Netherlands • Norway • Portugal • The United States • West Germany • Warsaw Pact in 1955: • Albania • Bulgaria • Czechoslovakia • East Germany • Hungary • Poland • Romania • U.S.S.R.

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