HIST 102 Lecture 22: Galgano-HIST102-4-17
Document Summary
Hiroshima, nagasaki: august 6 and 9, 1945, warning were given to evacuate, first time nuclear devices used in a war, president truman, too many casualties to attack by land. Buffer zone: ussr trying to make allies to protect, us sees it as then trying to take over as threat. Iron curtain speech: sir winston churchill in 1946 speech at westminster college, fulton missouri. Kingdom to police the postwar world, especially against what he considered the expansion of the soviet union. Tru(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s fears: permanent expansion of communism into europe, truman doctrine, 1947. Berlin blockade and airlift: not able to bring in food, supplies by air, medical supplies, supplies through the roads, few and far between, poor roads, (cid:862)hot upplies(cid:863, blockade lifted may 12, 1949. Nato established, brussels: april 4, 1949, all nations of western europe. If one is attacked then all would fight back. Warsaw pact: may 14, 1955, pact with ussr and countries of east europe.
