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The Cold War 1945-1991. NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization USA, France, Great Britain, West Germany CAPITALISM. Warsaw Pact – pro Soviet countries – USSR, and all countries controlled by the USSR. COMMUNISM. Two sides of Cold War. Cold War. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Cold War 1945-The Cold War 1945-19911991
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Two sides of Cold WarCold War
• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• USA, France, Great Britain, West Germany
• CAPITALISMCAPITALISM
• Warsaw Pact – pro Soviet countries – USSR, and all countries controlled by the USSR.
• COMMUNISM
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Cold WarCold War• The Cold War was a time after WW2 when
the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence.
vs
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• The nuclear bomb gave America a lead which was expected to last at least 5 years. The rapid Russian development of nuclear technology, helped by the work of the “atom spies” was a shock.
Significantly, Russia hurriedly declared war against Japan at the beginning of August 1945 and rushed to advance into Asia to stake out a position for the post-war settlement. This helped make both the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts more likely.
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NATO NATO WARSAW PACTWARSAW PACT
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YALTA (in the USSR)YALTA (in the USSR)Date: Feb 1945Date: Feb 1945
Present: Churchill, Present: Churchill, Roosevelt and StalinRoosevelt and Stalin
Stalin promised free elections…lied
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POTSDAM (Germany)POTSDAM (Germany)Date: July 1945Date: July 1945
Present: Churchill, Present: Churchill, Truman and StalinTruman and Stalin
Disagreements over reparations ($ to pay back for war costs)
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Iron CurtainIron Curtain – – A term used by A term used by Winston Winston
Churchill Churchill to describe the to describe the separating of separating of Those Those
communistcommunistlands of East lands of East Europe from Europe from
the the West. West.
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• The Russians took very high casualties to capture Berlin in May 1945. They spent the early occupation trying to take over all zones of the city but were stopped by German democrats such as Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer. Reluctantly the Russians had to admit the Americans, French and British to their respective zones.
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Marshall Plan 1947Marshall Plan 1947
USA’s plan to send food, blankets, fuel to Europe to help them. AND to keep
them from turning communist.
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Marshall Plan – helped countries economically so they won’t go
red.
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United Nations
• International Organization where countries try to find peaceful solutions
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Truman DoctrineThe Truman Doctrine in
March 1947 promised that the USA “would support free peoples who are resisting” communism.
This led to containment – policy of containing communism where it is.
Policy of isolationism abandoned
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Domino Theory
1949- China goes Communist ….Communism spreads like a disease and must be stopped
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Berlin blockade 1949- Stalin blocked supplies for West Germany led to
Berlin Airlift- supplies flown in by USA
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Communists invaded from the north. China sent a million troops
to help.
U.S. sent troops to help south.
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Korean War
• After the failure of the promise of Korean independence by the Allied nations, on June 25, 1950, communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea. Poorly armed, the South Koreans were no match for the North.
• The United Nations ordered North Korea to withdraw its troops. General MacArthur was appointed to command all UN troops in Korea. After three years of fighting a stalemate, more than 54,000 American troops perished.
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Berlin Wall- built 1961
• Berlin is Germany’s capital city.
• The Soviets built the wall to keep communists from escaping to the American side.
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Berlin WallBerlin Wall
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Wall torn down in 1989.
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Space Race
• The USA and the Soviet Union raced as the world watched to be the first to conquer space.
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1957 Sputnik – first satellite
Score 1 for Soviets!
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First man in space
• Score: USA – 0
• Soviets - 2
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Apollo program
• USA spent the 60s trying to catch up to the Soviets.
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Armstrong lands on moon!
• What is the purpose of a space program?
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Nuclear Missiles!
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Korea (1950) and Vietnam (1965)
• USA tried to contain communism. In both wars, communist troops fought armies trained and funded by the USA.
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Vietnam War 1960s-1973
• Through the Kennedy years, US troops trained S. Vietnamese troops to fight the Reds.
• After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, under LBJ, US troops started to fight more.
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Vietnam, 1968
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Helicopters!
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Napalm!
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Seeing this on TV led to a Seeing this on TV led to a loss of support at homeloss of support at home
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Hippie bashing!!!Hippie bashing!!!
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Hippies/Anti-war
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Meanwhile. . .
• After Korea and before Vietnam got really bad, America felt they had a problem closer to home.
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Bay of Pigs
• The CIA trained and funded an invasion of communist Cuba. The invasion failed, and Castro had some powerful friends!
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Soviet response.
• Don’t worry comrade Castro. We got your back!
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A U2 spy plane found these missile silos in Cuba, 1962.
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Kennedy Khrushchev
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People built more bomb shelters.
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End to a crisis!
• The Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba.
• In exchange, USA pledged to not invade Cuba again. And to remove missiles in Turkey (right).
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Afterward
• A direct phone line was set up between their offices to bypass other channels.
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November 22, 1963
• LBJ took the Presidency
• JFK was shot in Dallas
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How did the USA try to contain communism?
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Helped anti-communist troops
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Embargoes
• Refusing to trade or aid countries in order to punish them
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Cuba embargo
• Still today, the USA has an economic embargo on communist Cuba.
• Their only cars are from before the embargo!
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Castro is still alive!
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