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)

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““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.

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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

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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…