the cold war

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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WARORIGINS OF THE COLD WARCold War - a definitionCold War - a definition

The Situation in Europe:The Situation in Europe: – “Iron Curtain”, – “Iron Curtain”, Soviet Satellites”Soviet Satellites”

Cooperation and Security? NATO, Warsaw Cooperation and Security? NATO, Warsaw Pact, United NationsPact, United Nations

Containment: Truman Doctrine; Marshall Containment: Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Berlin AirliftPlan; Berlin Airlift

The Situation in AsiaThe Situation in Asia: Communism in China; : Communism in China; Division of KoreaDivision of Korea

Journal #21Journal #21

From your study of Global History, write a brief definition of “Cold War”. Include

key countries, time period, and any major events that you remember studying (use the social studies language).

The Cold WarThe Cold War

After the WarAfter the War

Global re-organization and Global re-organization and reconstructionreconstruction

In the last half of the In the last half of the 2020thth century, Western century, Western

European nations European nations worked cooperatively worked cooperatively

for security and for security and prosperityprosperity

Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe

Threat of Soviet Threat of Soviet expansion ……expansion ……

Communist Communist satellitessatellites were installed in were installed in Eastern EuropeEastern Europe

Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe

The United States The United States becomes leader of the becomes leader of the

“Free World”“Free World”

Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe

50 million people dead as a result of the war.

War left millions homeless and starving

Cities, factories, schools, and hospitals lay in ruins

I hope the I hope the Russians Russians love their love their

children too.children too.

““Russians” by StingRussians” by Sting

1946 Truman Doctrine

1948 Berlin Airlift

1949 China becomes Communist

1949 NATO fromed

1950 Korean War

1954 US detonates Hydrogen bomb

1955 Russia detonates the Hydrogen bomb

1957 Sputnik launched by mother Russia

1961 Berlin Wall is built

1962 Cuban Missle Crisis

1965 Vietnam War

1972 Détente – a cooling of Cold War tensions

1946 1948 1949 1949 1950 1954 1955 1957 1961 1962 1965 1972

Post World War II Post World War II EuropeEurope

Communist Bloc Truman Doctrine

Berlin Airlift Marshall Plan

Berlin Wall NATO

Warsaw Pact

YALTA CONFERENCEYALTA CONFERENCE

Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to jointly govern postwar Germany

Feb 1945Feb 1945

OCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLINOCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLIN

THE UNITED NATIONSTHE UNITED NATIONS

Organization that watches over Organization that watches over world affairs in order to promote world affairs in order to promote

cooperation and peace.cooperation and peace.

June 1945June 1945

THE UN SECURITY COUNCILTHE UN SECURITY COUNCIL

Organization that watches over Organization that watches over world affairs in order to promote world affairs in order to promote

cooperation and peace.cooperation and peace.

The Iron CurtainThe Iron Curtain Speech Speech

THE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHTHE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHMarch 5, 1946March 5, 1946

Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill phrase “iron curtain” represented Europe’s division

between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

THE IRON CURTAINTHE IRON CURTAIN

NATONATO

N.A.T.ON.A.T.OOrganization in Organization in which member which member

nations nations contribute air, contribute air,

land, naval land, naval forces for mutual forces for mutual

self-defenseself-defense..

THE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHTHE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHMarch 5, 1946March 5, 1946

Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill phrase “iron curtain” represented Europe’s division

between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

THE WARSAW PACT - 1955THE WARSAW PACT - 1955An alliance An alliance

between Russia between Russia and its and its satellitessatellites

to crush to crush democratic democratic

movements in movements in Eastern EuropeEastern Europe

Balance of Power

N.A.T.ON.A.T.O Warsaw PactWarsaw Pact

The The TrumanTruman

DoctrineDoctrine

THE TRUMAN DOCTINETHE TRUMAN DOCTINEMarch 12, 1946March 12, 1946

A request for $400 million in aid from Congress to combat communism in

Greece and Turkey.

CONTAINMENT!!CONTAINMENT!!

THE MARSHALL PLANTHE MARSHALL PLAN

A massive aid program to rebuild Europe from the ravages of World War II. Nearly $13 billion in U.S. aid was

sent to Europe from 1948 to 1952.

June 1947June 1947

THE BERLIN AIRLIFTTHE BERLIN AIRLIFT

From June 1948 to May 1949, U.S. and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of

West Berlin.

THE BERLIN AIRLIFTTHE BERLIN AIRLIFT

Rail and barge traffic begins to stack up as Rail and barge traffic begins to stack up as the blockage begins in earnest. Before the the blockage begins in earnest. Before the

currency reform, black-market activity was currency reform, black-market activity was

common throughout Germanycommon throughout Germany

OCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLINOCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLIN

Berlin BlockadeBerlin Blockade

Miniature parachutes can be seen dropping from Halvorsen's C-54 as he

brings the plane in for a landing at Tempelhof