POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Potsdam Conference, Yalta Conference, Greek Civil War
22 Apr 2014
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February 25, 2013: origins of the cold war, 1944-50, the onset of conflict, 1950-69, the era of detent and rapprochement, 1969-79, the third world and the cold war. Would act as the first sight for the flair up between the soviets and americans: the yalta conference is held in february 1945. How would a defeated germany be divided. Allied occupation zones: nw = britiain, w= france, s= americans, e= soviets (including berlin, potsdam conference. Stalin and the soviets discover information about the us"s nuclear bomb: iran crisis of 1946. The shah of iran was known to have pro-german sympathies. He is replaced by his son by the soviets. Signal of a soviet apetite for expansion. The americans tell the soviets to leave or be forced to leave. Americans start to get ancy in euro: 1946 the greek civil war breaks out. Americans think that moscow is aiding greek communists.
