HIS344H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Berlin Blockade, Rds-1, Cambridge Five
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Stalin had to step in and bail out eastern bloc. Stripping based on name of reparation --> changed policy because this wasn"t work, had to implement economic aid. Aristocracy joining communist movement --> only communists fight fascism. British / usa considered ussr as their primary enemy since. Failure of the berlin blockade : molotov sacked. "first lightning" / "joe 1" (29 august 1949) Creation of east germany as admission of failure. Treaty of friendship and alliance (14 august 1945) Left weapons behind - communists were able to take arms and win war. Mao hoping that he could get help from usa. Americans were mocking chinese communist leadership - humiliated. Mao: "we must lean to one side" (30 june 1949) Stalin: "erred in judgment by not believing the communists would win" Treaty of friendship and alliance (14 february 1950) Mao was not a soviet puppet --> independent man created by himself. Deal with americans to divide korea into two.
