HISTORY REVISION PACK: ORIGINS OF THE

COLD WAR.

PAPER 1.

This section is about the causes of the cold war. These can be divided into different areas:

1) Communism versus capitalism (USA v USSR)

2) A History of mistrust.In 1917 the USSR became communist in the Russian Revolution.In 1919 the USA, Britain and France sent troops to try and defeat communismIn 1933 Hitler became leader of Germany. He hated communism. Stalin tried to form an alliance with Britain and France against Hitler but they were not interested. Stalin saw this as Western support for Hitler.In 1938 a conference was held to discuss what to do with Czechoslovakia (Hitler wanted to overtake it). Stalin was not invited to this Munich Conference.After Hitler invaded the USSR in 1941, the USSR did fight on the same side as Britain and America in World War Two. Stalin however always felt that Britain and America were allowing the USSR to bear all the casualties in ww2 as they did not launch D-Day until 1944.

3) Actions of the USSR after 1945

4) Actions of the USA after 1945.

YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW ALL THESE FACTORS MADE THE COLD WAR LIKELY!