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NATO and the Warsaw Pact (1945 - 1955)

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1945

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1946

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1946

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1947

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1947

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1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

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1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

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1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

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1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

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1948

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1948

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

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1948 Tito breaks from the Soviet Union

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1949 April 4, 1949: NATO founded

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1949 May 23, 1949: West Germany founded

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1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

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1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

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1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

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1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

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1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

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1950

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1950

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1951

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1951

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1952 Communists take over Poland

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1952 Communists take over Poland

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1952 Communists take over Poland

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1952

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1952

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1952

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1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

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1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

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1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

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1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

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1953

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1953

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1954

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1954

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1955 West Germany joins NATO The Warsaw Pact is formed

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Germany after World War II <ul><li>Germany was divided into 4 military zones </li></ul><ul><li>Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States controlled the government </li></ul><ul><li>Berlin was also divided among the 4 </li></ul>

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Yugoslavia breaks from the Soviet Union <ul><li>Yugoslavia was communist </li></ul><ul><li>Its leader, Tito, didn’t like Stalin because he did not want the country to be controlled by the Soviet Union </li></ul><ul><li>Stalin stopped providing money and weapons to Yugoslavia </li></ul>

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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The Foundation of West Germany (1949) <ul><li>May 23, 1949: The American, French, and British military zones are merged into the Federal Republic of Germany </li></ul><ul><li>The Allies thought that the Soviets were trying to undermine the German economy </li></ul><ul><li>While the Germans had their own government, the Allies kept their armies in place </li></ul>

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Communists take Poland (1952) <ul><li>The Soviets liberated Poland from the Nazis in 1944, and set up their own government (500,000 Soviet troops there) </li></ul><ul><li>After the war, a coalition government was established between the communists and the pro-US politicians </li></ul><ul><li>By 1952 the communists were in complete control of Poland </li></ul>

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West Germany Joins NATO <ul><li>The US was worried that it could not protect Western Europe from a Soviet attack if Germany was not allowed to have an army </li></ul><ul><li>Britain, France, and the US decided that West Germany could rebuild an army as long as they were a member of NATO </li></ul>

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The Warsaw Pact is Formed <ul><li>The Soviets were afraid of an American attack once West Germany built an army </li></ul><ul><li>They made a military alliance with the other communist countries in Europe to defend each other in case NATO attacked them </li></ul>