Historia Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of our Cold War Origins Series. This episode sets the scene of the Cold War by connecting the Second World War with the beginning of the Cold War.Visit our website:HistoriaEducation.comFind us on Youtube:@Historia_Group

The Potsdam Conference saw a change in American and British leadership; this episode explores the decisions made at this conference but then analyses how these decisions were important in the short and long term.Visit our website:HistoriaEducation.comFind us on Youtube:@Historia_Group

This episode looks at the increasing Soviet control of Eastern Europe, before questioning the importance of Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe, both politically, economically and militarily.

Some historians think that George Kennan wrote one of the most important documents of the 20th century, and yet few people have heard of him. The Long Telegram included the word ‘containment’, which shaped American foreign policy for decades. The Truman Doctrine epitomises this foreign policy; this episode explores how important this was in shaping the Cold War.

An economic justification and consequence of Truman’s political doctrine, the Marshall Plan cemented Europe’s economic division. This episode focuses on why this was important in developing the Cold War and relations between East and West.

In just 3 years after World War Two, the Cold War reached a new level with the crisis in Berlin. This episode analyses the importance of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift on the future of Germany and Berlin during the Cold War.

NATO is still active today. This episode looks at the importance of the creation of NATO and the subsequent Warsaw Pact with the complete militarisation of the Cold War.

An ‘arms race’ is nothing new: sides competing for the best weapon and the best delivery system of that weapon. This episode focuses on the importance of the arms race for the development of the Cold War.