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COLD WARCOLD WARONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II: UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLet_aHMHbM Nikita
COLD WARCOLD WARONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II:
UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION
•The US post-war goals:– ... encourage the growth of democracy– ... gain access to European markets– ... rebuild Europe– ... reunite Germany
COLD WARCOLD WARONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II:
UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION
•The US post-war goals:– ... encourage the growth of democracy– ... gain access to European markets– ... rebuild Europe– ... reunite Germany
•The USSR post-war goals: – … control eastern Europe– … encourage the growth of communism– … rebuild the USSR– … keep Germany divided
The Cold War divided the world in half– Those allied with the US– Those allied with the USSR (Soviet Union)
COLD WARCOLD WAR
““ContainmentContainment” not allowing communism spread
1946
““ContainmentContainment” not allowing communism spread
1946
““Iron Curtain”Iron Curtain”had fallen across Europe
– Winston Churchill, 1946
Marshall PlanMarshall Plan
American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European
economies after the end of World War II
To prevent the spread of Soviet CommunismTo prevent the spread of Soviet Communism
GermanyGermany
Berlin Blockade and AirliftBerlin Blockade and Airlift1948 - 491948 - 49
GermanyGermany
Berlin Blockade and AirliftBerlin Blockade and Airlift1948 - 491948 - 49
the Soviet Union blocked the railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control
Their aim was to become the supplier of food, fuel, and aid to Berlin
United NationsUnited NationsFounded in order to avoid conflict.
United States, Soviet Union, China…
United NationsUnited NationsFounded in order to avoid conflict.
United States, Soviet Union, China…
Today the United Nations has expanded:
Declaration of Human rights“a common standard of Achievement…”
NATONATONorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
1949
Western Democratic nations allied with one another to provided collective security.
COLD WAR ALLIANCESCOLD WAR ALLIANCES
NATONATONorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
western Democratic nations allied with one another and provided collective security.
Warsaw PactWarsaw Pact1955
USSR and its allies’ answer to NATOUnited the communist countries of Eastern Europe
COLD WAR ALLIANCESCOLD WAR ALLIANCES
Arms RaceArms Race
Arms RaceArms Race
“BrinkmanshipBrinkmanship”– Trim the Army and Navy – Expand the Air Force– Buildup of nuclear bombs
The Soviet Union followed suit
The Berlin Wall (Germany)The Berlin Wall (Germany) Germans were escaping the Communist East Nikita Khrushchev wanted to stop the flood of people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szjFKADu69U
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy and the Cold Warand the Cold War
The Berlin Wall (Germany)The Berlin Wall (Germany) Germans were escaping the Communist East Nikita Khrushchev wanted to stop the flood of people 1961 - The Berlin Wall was constructed It became the symbol of Communist oppressionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLet_aHMHbM Nikita
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy and the Cold Warand the Cold War
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile CrisisOctober, 1962
Soviet Union begins to move nuclear missiles into Cubahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8SBlx9P9I&list=PLiPRACaAuyBfLM9GsfHDQ16SJAtgqWdOF&index=2
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy and the Cold Warand the Cold War
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile CrisisOctober, 1962
Soviet Union begins to move nuclear missiles into Cuba
Kennedy tells Khrushchev and Fidel Castro (Cuba) to remove them…or else.
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy and the Cold Warand the Cold War
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile CrisisOctober, 1962
After 13 days the USSR began to remove the missilesThe United States and the Soviet Union were hours away from Nuclear War.
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy and the Cold Warand the Cold War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
““Duck and Cover”Duck and Cover”
Fall Out Shelters Fall Out Shelters
McCarthyism and the Red ScareMcCarthyism and the Red ScareSenator Joseph McCarthySenator Joseph McCarthy
Became very popular with unproven chargesBecame very popular with unproven chargesHollywood producers, other congressmen, Hollywood producers, other congressmen, anyone that disagreed with his politics anyone that disagreed with his politics became targetsbecame targets
Then he attacked the U.S. Army…Then he attacked the U.S. Army…