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Establishment of the Satellite Nations- 1945

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Establishment of the Satellite Nations- 1945

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Stalin established the Satellite Nations because he wanted the Soviet Union to have a defense.

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, and East Germany were Satellite Nations.

Stalin had promised ALL the Satellite Nations that he would free them at the Yalta Conference. He did not, he lied.

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After the Satellite Nations were established, Europe was divided into two political regions: democratic West Europe and Communist East Europe.

There was no physical barrier, just political.

It begun during 1945 but people saw the impact in 1946.

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The Soviets were trying to spread communism to Greece and Turkey.

Greece and Turkey were desperate after the war and had bad economies so the Soviets tried to take advantage of that.

Truman asked congress for $400 million and military assistance in Greece and Turkey so they don't turn to communism.

It motivated USA to fight communism worldwide.

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Secretary of State George Marshall came up with the idea of helping European Nations rebuild their economy.

When Western Europe started recovering, Communism did not appeal to them as much because, they were no longer desperate for help.

New markets became open for trade.

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US, Great Britain, and France gave their territories in Germany back to Germany while the Soviet Union kept theirs.

This divided Berlin into Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin.

The wall was built to keep the Communist side from seeing how free the non-Communist side was and access to West Berlin was closed for 11 months.

Truman sent Cargo planes to drop food, supplies, medicine, etc.

Stalin lifted the blockade in 1949 after realizing they were beaten.

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NATO stands for National Atlantic Treaty Organization.

It was created because Western Europe saw that the Soviet Union was becoming more aggressive.

The point of NATO was to help any of the members that were attacked.

It started off with 12 countries, now it has 26 countries.

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NATO alarmed the Soviet Union because they thought that the all countries will ally and fight against them.

The Warsaw Pact was and alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

It was created to make the Soviet Union look bigger and more put to together.

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USSR shot down a US spy plane flying over Russia.

The government tried to deny responsibility for it.

The US had to take responsibility for it because the plane was still intact and the pilot was still alive.

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Korea was split at the 38th parallel.

USSR funded North Korea and encouraged them to take over South Korea.

The Soviet Union thought that the US would not help the South Koreans but they were wrong.

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China sends 300,000 men to the war outnumbering the Soviet Union and the US.

MacArthur suggests the US nukes the Chinese army but Truman rejected the idea.

MacArthur went to Congress to appeal but was later fired for insubordination.