HIS242H5 Chapter 29: Chapter29.docx
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29: cold war & post war recovery 1945-70. After ww2, people were wounded, homeless, hungry, unemployed, and psychologically damaged by their loss; warsaw almost completely destroyed; polish people aided by the united. Nations relief and rehabilitation administration to rebuild their city; warsaw reconstructed to its original form; europe"s collective struggle was urban reconstruction and economic survival. Rebuilding was not an easy; not enough money after the war (duh! Hot (ww2) vs. cold war (between us and su after the war; lacked military violence); communist vs. capitalist democracies; iron curtain (east vs. west) Us wanted to give financial aid to germany to help them rebuild; soviet wanted to take from. France vs. su (why was everyone against communism again? and how is it different form fascism?) Germany was split into two new states in 1949: the federal republic of german (west. The german democratic republic (east germany; su; single- party state) Soviet-dominated governments: poland, hungary, bulgaria, romania, and czechoslovakia;
