HIST 150C3 1st Edition Lecture 18 -June 6, 1944=D Day-Dec 16, 1944=Battle of the Bulge-May 7, 1945=Germany surrenders-By the fall of 1944, allied forces began indignation of Germany-Dec 16: Germany resisted ally efforts and launched a surprise counter attack on the allied forces-American British alliance was successful-Battle of the Bulge= Germany’s final major effort during WW2-July 26, 1945-August 6, 1945=Hiroshima bombing – killed 75,000 people-August 9, 1945=Nagasaki bombing – killed 39,000 people-August 14, 1945=Japan surrendered-Germany was divided in half-East Germany: built under Soviet control-West Germany: controlled by U.S.-U.S. forces Italy and Japan to sign security pacts to further shield them from Soviet influenceCold War-after WW2 U.S. leaders believed the need for a military had passed-U.S. rapidly began demobilizing military forces-throughout Eastern GermanyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Iron Curtain-Winston Churchill declared that an Iron Curtain divided Germany-increased American attention about the Cold War Truman Doctrine-U.S. provide military, political, and economic assistance to promote opposition to communism-freedomchoiceelections-offers individual rights-people have a say “will of the majority”-first example of how the U.S. responds to the cold warMarshall Plan-extension of Truman Doctrine-U.S. gives billions of dollars of economic aid into Western Europe-U.S. wants to save western Europe from communist takeoverBerlin Airlif-risk of having plane being shot down-helped to keep Berlin from falling to Soviet control-lasted for 15 months-German decided to end blockade after 15 months3 ways U.S. responds to Cold War:1. Berlin Airlift2. Marshall Plan3. Truman DoctrineHow the Cold War affected Domestic PoliticsMcCarthyism-Joseph McCarthy: senator from Wisconsin, known for helping to stoke the flames for anti-communism-after Republican gains, McCarthy gained new powers of investigation of chairman of a senate subcommittee that investigated the questions and charges of communist
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