HIS242H1 Lecture : Lecture - 3:20:12.rtf
Document Summary
There was a complex process of political and economic reconstruction going on in. Western europe is very much a historical creation, created by the cold war. Western europe is create as a new kind of entity to create unity. Political unity has always been lagging behind. Power of britain and france was decreasing, helping to drive this integration. Marshall iron curtain speech, july meeting in paris, oeec forming. Soviet crackdown of czechoslovakia, feb 48 takes the form of a coup d"etat. War scare in washington, final congressional approval of the marshall plan in. April 1948 decision to form a west german state, currency reform in the western zones. Thoughts on a creating a military alliance (nato) Stalin, orders the berlin blockade spring 1948. Us supplies west berlin from the air for one year. Separation of germany into two states by october 1949. The former imperial powers are retreating from their roles. They were challenged by anti-colonial nationalist groups.
