COLD WAR by 小丫头duckie https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb Made with an open mind en-us 2021-06-30 03:52:17 UTC 2026-01-30 19:50:07 UTC hello@padlet.com February 4th – 11th 1945: Yalta Conference laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631110966 Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. Topics discussed included –
Partitioning of Germany
Fate of Poland
The United Nations
German reparations
]]> 2021-06-30 03:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631110966 March 12th 1947: Truman Doctrine laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112389 President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover]]> 2021-06-30 03:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112389 June 5th 1947: Marshall Plan laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112758 This was a programme of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. Consequently the aid was only given to Western European Countries.]]> 2021-06-30 03:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112758 June 25th 1950: Korean War https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112769 The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.]]> 2021-06-30 03:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631112769 October 3rd 1990: German Reunification laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631114706 East and West Germany were reunited as one country.]]> 2021-06-30 03:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631114706 June 24th 1948: Berlin Blockade laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631115779 Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift.]]> 2021-06-30 03:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631115779 21-25 February 1948: Czechoslovakia coup d'état https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631115824 President Edvard Benes allows a communist-dominated government to be organized.]]> 2021-06-30 03:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631115824 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631116957 2021-06-30 03:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631116957 May 14th 1955: Warsaw Pact laratherrise1 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631117135 The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.]]> 2021-06-30 03:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631117135 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631118616 2021-06-30 04:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631118616 5-8 January 1949: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631119277 To strengthen economic relationships in the Eastern bloc. Response to the Marshall Plan and OEEC.]]> 2021-06-30 04:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631119277 Construction in West Berlin under Marshall Plan aid (1949) https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631121396 2021-06-30 04:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631121396 By British cartoonist Leslie Illingworth, June 1947 https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631125776 It depicts Stalin’s attempts to extend Soviet control beyond Eastern Europe, reflecting the concerns over the growing ideological threat that necessitates an urgent response by USA. Use of question marks (?) , hints at his intentions towards Western Europe.]]> 2021-06-30 04:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631125776 4 April 1949: Formation of NATO https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631134961 2021-06-30 04:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laratherrise1/cr618dven1l93ulb/wish/1631134961