2.4.1
Global Alliances in Europe & Asia
Alliances & Shifts in Europe
Alliances & Shifts in Europe
Cold War alliances then began to shift in 1953. In January of that year, Dwight Eisenhower became the new President of the USA and then in March, Stalin died.
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
- The FRG stands for the Federal Republic of Germany and was created in 1949 following the Berlin Blockade.
- In the years that followed this, the FRG was given the power to govern itself and was led by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
- Due to this, the FRG became a powerful ally to the West and USA.
- In 1955 at the Messina Conference Germany joined 5 other states to form the EEC (European Economic Community).
- In May 1955, the FRG was also accepted into NATO.
- The FRG then began to re-arm with the approval of the West.
The Soviet bloc
The Soviet bloc
- The Soviet bloc retaliated to the US dominance of western Europe by setting up the Cominform in 1947 to control the economy of the satellite states.
- Then in 1955, days after the FRG entering NATO, the USSR announced the Warsaw Pact which was a defensive military alliance of Soviet Bloc countries with joint command led by the USSR.
SEATO
SEATO
John Dulles (US Secretary of State) created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) in September 1954.
The creation of SEATO
The creation of SEATO
- SEATO was created by Dulles in 1954 in response to the growing strength of the Chinese and Soviet alliance.
- It was a defensive alliance designed to protect newly independent Southeast Asian states from falling under communist control.
- Britain, America, France and Australia all joined SEATO
SEATO's aims
SEATO's aims
- SEATO focused on containing communism and maintaining a ‘defensive perimeter’ around communist states.
- Many Asian countries (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) were not actually members of SEATO but it reflected the USA’s fierce anti-communist policy in Asia.
1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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