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Year 11

Cold War origins: what led to the breakdown of the 'Grand Alliance'?

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In this unit, pupils examine the events that led to the breakdown of the Grand Alliance. They learn about the causes of early tension between the USA and the USSR such as the atomic bomb, Soviet influence in Eastern Europe, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan and the Berlin Crisis of 1948-9.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of the USA as a capitalist democracy that they developed in the preceding units about America between the 1920s and 50s. It also builds on their knowledge of the Second World War which they developed in the year 9 unit about the turning points of that conflict. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit, where pupils' knowledge of the early development of the Cold War in Europe is recontextualised with a new focus on the Cold War in Asia.

  1. Early causes of tension between the USA and the USSR
  2. The impact of the atomic bomb
  3. Soviet influence over Eastern Europe
  4. The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
  5. The Berlin Crisis, 1948-9
  6. The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58

  • Pupils know that the Allies consisted of Great Britain, USA and the Soviet Union.
  • Pupils know that the Allies emerged victorious from WW2 in an uneasy coalition.
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