HIS306H5 Lecture Notes - Germanic Peoples, Enki, Marshall Plan
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In competition for europe: drawing cold war lines. Last class; based on common enemy, distrust amongst the allies, su left out of atomic bomb & su spying on them. Even problems & different vision some sense of both sides even after change of leadership there may be some hope for cooperation, end of 1945 clear global war in place. Have to look at the nature of the world: the world in 1945. First time truman & stalin will meet, churchill some part and his party was not elected again. Prior to start truman & churchill would tour the berlin to see the ruins. 75% of the city of berlin in ruin, transportation system had been destroyed; industrial plants were incapable of functioning. A lot of the people were hungry lack of food. Britain: london severely damaged, 20% of france infrastructure was destroyed. Italy major cities, electrical, gas, water system was in ruin.
