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(1945 - 1955)(1945 - 1955)
1945
1946
1946
1947
1947
1948
Communist Coup in
Czechoslovakia
1948
Communist Coup in
Czechoslovakia
1948
Communist Coup in
Czechoslovakia
1948
Communist Coup in
Czechoslovakia
1948
1948
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
June 1948: The Berlin
Airlift Begins
1948
Tito breaks from the
Soviet Union
1949
April 4, 1949: NATO
founded
1949
May 23, 1949: West Germany founded
1949
US deploys nuclear
weapons to defend
Western Europe
1949
US deploys nuclear
weapons to defend
Western Europe
1949
US deploys nuclear
weapons to defend
Western Europe
1949
US deploys nuclear
weapons to defend
Western Europe
1949
US deploys nuclear
weapons to defend
Western Europe
1950
1950
1951
1951
1952
Communists take
over Poland
1952
Communists take
over Poland
1952
Communists take
over Poland
1952
1952
1952
1952
Greece and Turkey join
NATO
1952
Greece and Turkey join
NATO
1952
Greece and Turkey join
NATO
1952
Greece and Turkey join
NATO
1953
1953
1954
1954
1955
West Germany
joins NATO
The Warsaw Pact is formed
Germany after World War II
• Germany was divided into 4 military zones
• Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States controlled the government
• Berlin was also divided among the 4
Yugoslavia breaks from the Soviet Union
• Yugoslavia was communist
• Its leader, Tito, didn’t like Stalin because he did not want the country to be controlled by the Soviet Union
• Stalin stopped providing money and weapons to Yugoslavia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Foundation of West Germany (1949)
• May 23, 1949: The American, French, and British military zones are merged into the Federal Republic of Germany
• The Allies thought that the Soviets were trying to undermine the German economy
• While the Germans had their own government, the Allies kept their armies in place
Communists take Poland (1952)
• The Soviets liberated Poland from the Nazis in 1944, and set up their own government (500,000 Soviet troops there)
• After the war, a coalition government was established between the communists and the pro-US politicians
• By 1952 the communists were in complete control of Poland
West Germany Joins NATO
• The US was worried that it could not protect Western Europe from a Soviet attack if Germany was not allowed to have an army
• Britain, France, and the US decided that West Germany could rebuild an army as long as they were a member of NATO
The Warsaw Pact is Formed
• The Soviets were afraid of an American attack once West Germany built an army
• They made a military alliance with the other communist countries in Europe to defend each other in case NATO attacked them