The Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine

• (Greek civil war)

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Timeline of events
Feb1945 The Yalta conference (Stalin, Roosevelt
and Churchill) countries liberated form
occupation.would be allowed to hold free
elections to choose the government they wanted
(Walsh)
1946 USSR protests to the UN against the
presence of British troops to Greece
1947 Truman doctrine President Truman pays the
British troops to stay in Greece and help
establish a right-wing government with a king
Jan1945 Churchill sends British troops to Greece
to fight for the conservative right-wing, a part
of which were the monarchists
Feb1945 An agreement between the Greek
government and EAM the theories of Liberalism
would be established and a new government would
be legally elected (also, there would be a
referendum to decide whether there would be a
king or not).
1946 The left-wing resistance to the German
occupation attempts to take control in Greece
1947 British troops withdraw in order to avoid a
costly involvement in the Greek civil war
1944 Germans retreat from Greece
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What Happened

• During the Yalta Conference it was agreed that
  the USSR would have its own sphere of influence
  (the countries surrounding it) for protection.
  However, the US was anti-communist and intended
  to avoid the spread of communism to other
  countries (that might be influenced to establish
  a communist government by the USSR).

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What Happened

• When elections were to be held in Greece,
  British troops (later on with US assistance)
  helped the right wing parties win in a civil war
  against the left wing parties. Afterwards, they
  established a monarchy and right-wing rule.
  Although Britain and the US intended to fight
  communism, they fought against the united
  left-wing parties. Furthermore, they didnt allow
  free elections as had been agreed in the Yalta
  conference from fear of a rise of a communist
  government in Greece. The purpose of all this was
  to keep a last anti-communist front against
  Russia.

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Greece, Turkey and the Soviet Union
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President Truman

• President Truman introduced and established the
  Truman Doctrine, which became the new policy and
  approach the US would have when dealing with
  world issues.

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Ideological differences

• The Truman Doctrine clearly illustrates the
  ideological differences between the US, which had
  a government based on Liberalism and the USSR
  which was communist President Truman 1947 I
  believe that it must be the policy of the United
  States to support free peoples who are resisting
  attempted subjugation by armed minorities
  meaning communists or by outside pressures
  USSR (Walsh).

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The Shadow of Communism

• The US viewed the USSR as a threat to Liberalism
  and the western democracies. Their fears of a
  spread of communism would become reality if the
  Truman doctrine and Marshall Plan were not
  followed.

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Works cited page

• Walsh Walsh, Ben, Modern World History, John
  Murray Publishers, London, 1996
• http//www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/doctrine.htm
  
• http//lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/bearwtext.j
  pg
• http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/mars2.html
• http//www.luminet.net/tgort/truman.htm
• http//www.unc.edu/courses/2002spring/hist/018/002
  /
• http//www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/docimages/d
  oc_081_small.jpg
• http//www.unc.edu/courses/2002spring/hist/018/002
  /images/europewwii.jpg
• Chronicle of the 20th Century (in Greek) (I
  will add more details)
• My parents

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Quiz Questions

• What was the Truman Doctrine?
• How does the Truman Doctrine represent the
  ideological differences between the US and USSR?