History SL
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Case study 1: Japanese Expansion In East Asia 1931-41 (The Global War)
Case Study 2: German & Italian Expansion 1933-40 (The Global War)
Part 1 - Rivalry, Mistrust & Accord (The Cold War)
Part 2 - Leaders & Nations (The Cold War)
Part 3 - Cold War Crises (The Cold War)
History SL
Part 1 - Rivalry, Mistrust & Accord (The Cold War)
Unveiling The Molotov Plan: How USSR Countered The Marshall Plan
619 words
4 mins read
Last edited on 5th Nov 2024
Table of content
🚀 The soviet's clapback to the marshall plan
- Marshall Plan: A big ole' financial aid from the U.S. to Europe.
- Soviet's Answer: Molotov Plan! 🍹
- Purpose? To tie Eastern Europe's economies like a neat bow to the USSR.
- Result? The birth of COMECON in Jan 1949.
🔍 Deep dive into comecon
- Full Name: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- Job: Act as the control room linking Eastern bloc countries to Moscow.
- Main Goals
- Stimulate and control economic growth.
- Back the collectivization of farming 🚜.
- Boost heavy industry 🏭.
📡 Soviet's iron curtain radio - 2 key broadcasts
-
Cominform
- Born: September 1947
- Role: Stalin's megaphone 📢 to control Communist parties everywhere.
- Members: USSR, Yugoslavia, France, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania.
- Western Fear: Cominform might be like a bad influencer, spreading Communist vibes in Western Europe.
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Stalin’s ‘Two Camps’ Doctrine
- Idea's Age: Cooked up in the 1920s-30s.
- Basis: Europe = 2 playgrounds ⛹️♂️
- Camp 1: U.S. buddies including parts of Western Europe, South America, and China.
- Camp 2: USSR + their Eastern Europe pals + bonus friends (e.g., Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Egypt, Syria).
- Cool Fact: Stalin chatted about these 'two camps' even before Churchill's famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech!
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History SL
Part 1 - Rivalry, Mistrust & Accord (The Cold War)
Unveiling The Molotov Plan: How USSR Countered The Marshall Plan
619 words
4 mins read
Last edited on 5th Nov 2024
Table of content
🚀 The soviet's clapback to the marshall plan
- Marshall Plan: A big ole' financial aid from the U.S. to Europe.
- Soviet's Answer: Molotov Plan! 🍹
- Purpose? To tie Eastern Europe's economies like a neat bow to the USSR.
- Result? The birth of COMECON in Jan 1949.
🔍 Deep dive into comecon
- Full Name: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- Job: Act as the control room linking Eastern bloc countries to Moscow.
- Main Goals
- Stimulate and control economic growth.
- Back the collectivization of farming 🚜.
- Boost heavy industry 🏭.
📡 Soviet's iron curtain radio - 2 key broadcasts
-
Cominform
- Born: September 1947
- Role: Stalin's megaphone 📢 to control Communist parties everywhere.
- Members: USSR, Yugoslavia, France, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania.
- Western Fear: Cominform might be like a bad influencer, spreading Communist vibes in Western Europe.
-
Stalin’s ‘Two Camps’ Doctrine
- Idea's Age: Cooked up in the 1920s-30s.
- Basis: Europe = 2 playgrounds ⛹️♂️
- Camp 1: U.S. buddies including parts of Western Europe, South America, and China.
- Camp 2: USSR + their Eastern Europe pals + bonus friends (e.g., Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Egypt, Syria).
- Cool Fact: Stalin chatted about these 'two camps' even before Churchill's famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech!
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Dive deeper and gain exclusive access to premium files of History SL. Subscribe now and get closer to that 45 🌟