New Map of Europe:
- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus were countries that became independent after the Soviet Union started to break up and collapse
- These countries wanted more economic freedom and become a democratic government and the Soviets didn't do anything to stop them
- Ultimately, the Soviet Union let them do what they want
- Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union 1985
- Gorbachev like the US and the US like Gorbachev
- The communists did not want to get rid of Ukraine so they tried to kill Gorbachev but in 1991, Ukraine passed their Act of Independence making them a free nation
- Some other countries that broke out include Georgia, Armenia, and Kazachstan
- Yugoslavia's breakup was filled with war and it was a slow process
- Bosnia Herzegovina, Coratia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Montenegro were all countries that came out of this
Berlin Blockade and Airlift:
- Was when Soviet Union tried to block the allied access into Berlin
- When this all ended, it was a huge failure for the Soviets
- Casued by the beginning of the Cold War
- Stalin was aiming towards destroying Germany, but the US and Britain wanted to help rebuild it
- Blockade was an event in the Cold War between the superpowers
- USA and USSR had different plans for what they wanted
- The three western zones of Germany were to unite and had the political authority to receive aid from the Marshall Plan
- Airlift began on 1948
- Was a rough year because Harry Truman was wanting to re-elect
- Germans had to ration their food and calories
- US airplanes came to Berlin from all sides to deliver food to them so they wouldn't starve
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