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The Cold War begins
Within three years of defeating Hitler together, the United States and the Soviet Union had split Europe into rival camps. This topic looks at that break from both sides, and at the new weapons of a war fought by every means except direct battle between the two superpowers.
In this topic
- A world remade in 1945
- Two visions of the peace
- Eastern Europe falls under Soviet control
- Early tests: Iran and Turkey
- Worked example: was Truman right about Greece?
- Two economic blocs
- Germany divided, two alliances
- Fighting with words and culture
- Spies, bombs and satellites
- Worked example: who started the Cold War?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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