It all started with the dissolution of the Grand Alliance
I don´t trust this man. Our ideoligies will never coexist.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
I´ll get my sphere of influence in the Eastern bloc no matter what.
In June 1945,as a result of political unrest on countries that Britain controlled,and the delay in completing post-war peace treaties, Britain had to keep a large amount of troops on Germany, Italy, the Middle East and Asia. This was extremely expensive.
By Jnauary 1947, the post-war US loan of $3.75 billion had been already exhausted. This situation was worsening with very heavy snowstorms and cold weather.
The British government can not keep providing military and economic assistance to the Greek Government in its civil war against the Greek Communist Party. in March 31, 1947.
But the U.S. Government believes that the Soviet Union supports the Greek Communist war effort in order to ultimately influence Greek policy.