Cold war storyboard
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- The strategy of "containment" is best known as a Cold War foreign policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
- Containment policy
- Iron Curtain speech, speech delivered by former British prime minister Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, in which he stressed the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism, which had lowered an “iron curtain” across Europe
- Iron Curtain speech
- More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations allegedly threatened by Soviet communism. The Truman Doctrine became the foundation of American foreign policy, and led, in 1949, to the formation of NATO, a military alliance that is still in effect.
- Truman doctrine
- For the United States, the Marshall Plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe.
- Marshall Plan
- The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. ... The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
- Berlin Airlift
- The formation of NATO meant that the USA could place weapons in member states. This would allow more effective defence in the event of a Soviet attack. In theory, American nuclear missile sites could be established close to the Soviet border.
- Formation of nato
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