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The Cold War Divides the World
Chinese Civil War
1927 - 1937
1949 - 1950
1937 - 1945
1945 - 1949
Nationalists -vs- Communists
Chiang kai-shek Mao Zedong
Japanese
Invade
Mainland
China
Chinese Civil War Resumed
Communists
gain control
of Mainland
China
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U.S. Agency formed
In 1947 U.S. Military Alliance formed
In 1949
Soviet Agency formed
In 1954 Soviet Military Alliance formed
In 1955
Military & Intelligence Organizations Formed
C.I.A. NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
K.G.B.
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Space & Weapons Programs Developed
New Weapon
1952-1953 August
1957
Space Programs
1957-1958
Hydrogen Bomb
ICBM’s – Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
Soviet Sputnik
U.S.
Explorer 1
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Space & Weapons Programs Developed
May 1960
U2 Spy Plan Incident in the USSR
U.S. Claimed plane crashed & pilot killed
The Soviets proved the U.S. lied
Plane shot down & pilot survived
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Korean War
(Conflict)
End of
WWII
Korea divided at the
38th Parallel
(Communist)
North Korea
Invaded (Democratic)
South Korea
U.S. led UN
Military Landings
at Inchon
June 1950:
Sept 1950:
Oct 1950:
300,000 Chinese
Troops aid
North Korea
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Korean War (Conflict)
Chinese Push
U.S. / UN
Troops out of
North Korea
U.S. / UN
Troops Regain
Control of
South Korea
Jan 1951:
By 1952:
In July 1953:
Stalemate &
Ceasefire
Along DMZ (38th Parallel)
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Vietnam War (Conflict)
Japanese were
forced out of
Vietnam at the
end of WWII
Viet-Minh
Fought against
French Control
of Vietnam
In 1945:
1946 - 1954:
In 1954:
French were
Defeated
at the Battle of
Dien Bien Phu
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Vietnam War (Conflict)
UN divided
Vietnam at the
17th Parallel
(Communist)
North Viet-Cong
Threaten
(Democratic)
South Vietnam
1954 - 1956:
1956 - 1963:
1963 - 1964:
U.S. Combat
Troops enter the
Vietnam War
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Vietnam War (Conflict)
½ Million US
Soldiers were in
Combat in
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Becomes President Elected based on
Promise to bring
US Troops Home
By 1968:
1969:
1969 - 1973:
U.S. withdrew
Troops from
Vietnam
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Suez Crisis in Egypt
Egypt begins
building the
Aswan High Dam (on the Nile River)
Egypt lost Financing
From Britain & U.S. Due to constant attacks
against Israel
By 1954 - 1955:
1955
to
1956:
By
1956:
Soviet Union offered to provide
Financing to Egypt With hopes of influencing the
Spread of Communism in the Middle East
Early
1956:
Egypt seized control of
the Suez Canal
from Britain (Canal was built and managed
by a private British owned
company)
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Suez Crisis in Egypt
British, French and
Israeli troops invade
the Sinai Peninsula (taking back the Suez
Canal)
The U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Force both sides to
sign a Peace Treaty Due to the vital economic
and military importance of the
Suez Canal
In Mid 1956:
By Late 1956:
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Cuban Crisis
By the Late
1950’s:
U.S. backed Cuban
President (Dictator)
Fulgencio Batista (Due to major American
economic ties in Cuba)
Between
1958 - 1959:
Fidel Castro led a
Revolution to
overthrow Batista (Eventually accepting
military & economic
support from the Soviets)
In April
1961:
CIA helped
Cuban Counter-
Revolutionaries
Invade the
Bay of Pigs (Mission failed)
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Cuban Crisis In July 1962:
U.S.S.R. Placed 42
Missile sites in Cuba (Based on their promise to
continue supporting Castro)
14 Oct 1962:
U.S. Spy Planes
spot missile sites
in Cuba
21 Oct 1962:
Threats of Nuclear
War arise between
the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
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Cuban Crisis
Threat of Nuclear War
Causes panic in the U.S.
Many Americans
build Bomb Shelters
in their back yards
28 Oct 1962:
U.S. & U.S.S.R. Sign Missile Agreement (Soviets remove missiles in Cuba and the
United States remove missiles in Turkey)
Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles in the
United States and Soviet Union
Between 1945 - 2005
Primary Nuclear Strike
Targets in the United States
(By the Soviet Union)
Between 1960 - 1980
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Threat of Nuclear War
Winston Churchill
Coined a new
phrase to describe
the Soviet Union
in 1946
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Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
In 1961:
Soviets built a
Wall to divide
East from West (Built overnight
between the 12th and
13th of August 1961,
Between 1962 - 1975:
Soviets extended a
Wall and Fence
around West Berlin (to prevent Easterners from
escaping to the West)
Soviets built
a new wall with
watchtowers,
electrified fences
& minefields
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Berlin Wall
Between 1975 - 1989:
In 1989: The wall was torn down with the collapse of the Soviet Union (Re-unifying East & West Germany)
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Berlin Wall
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Cold War Detente In 1968:
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty was signed (by President Lyndon B. Johnson)
In 1975:
In 1972:
Nixon and Brezhnev signed
the SALT I Treaty (reducing the number of ICBM’s)
In 1979:
Carter and Brezhnev signed
the SALT II Treaty (reducing the number of ICBM’s again)
35 nations signed the
Helsinki Accord
for world Detente
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Cold War Detente
In 1983:
President Reagan’s
Strategic Defense Initiative (Increased Tension with the U.S.S.R.)
Satellite guided Laser
Weapons Systems (Nicknamed “STAR WARS”)
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Surrogate or Substitute Wars
1978 to 1981:
Iranian Revolution
Anti-U.S. Religious
Fanatics overthrow
the U.S. Backed
Shah of Iran
Spiritual and
Revolutionary
Leader of Iran
Ayatollah
Khomeini
Soviet-Afghan War
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Surrogate or Substitute Wars
1979 – 1989:
Anti-Soviet
Revolution by
U.S. backed
Rebel Forces
Key Rebel Organization:
Mujahidin
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Surrogate or Substitute Wars
1979 – 1990:
Nicaraguan
Civil War
Soviet backed Sandinistas U.S. backed Contras fight
Key Leader:
Daniel Ortega