Cold War Summary 1945 1991 Cold War Beginnings

Cold War Summary 1945 -1991

Cold War Beginnings Following WWII the US and USSR were the only two superpowers left Soon after WWII these two powers were in a Cold War (Icy Tensions) Why? - different economic systems, strategic interests, Stalin’s Speech, Iron Curtain Speech, Atomic Weapons

Pre Cold War distrust US ◦ Communism antithesis of Democracy/Freedom/Capitalism ◦ Stalin’s Purges ◦ Non-Aggression Pact ◦ USSR emphasis on Worldwide communism USSR ◦ US attempted to undo Revolution ◦ Delayed attack on Western Front during WWII ◦ Believes peace will come from worldwide communism

Yalta Conference 1945 Big 3 – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin Germany Split into 4 Occupied Zones Soviet vs. Western Allies (Tension for Four Decades) Agreement to create United Nations

Potsdam- 1945 Big 3 – Truman, Churchill, Stalin Meeting more tense (Truman’s style, plus knowledge of da bomb) Presses Stalin for free elections in Eastern Europe Stalin later gives speech saying Capitalism and Communism cannot exist in same world

United States 1946 Churchill Warns of an “Iron Curtain” in Europe Stalin calls speech an act of war, beginning of the Cold War

Truman Doctrine- 1946 Turkey and Greece faced Communist revolutions Truman asks for and recieves 400 million to aid fight against communism Beginning of Containment Policy (not allow communism to spread) ◦ Becomes guiding US policy into 1970’s

Western Europe 1947 The Marshall Plan gives aid to European Nations Rebuilt Western Europe, threatened Communism

Berlin, Germany Stalin cuts off access to Berlin, US sends airplanes with supplies Stalin backs off, Victory for West

Western Europe/ North America 1949 NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization USSR creates Warsaw Pact in 1955

USSR/China- 1949 USSR develops A-Bomb Arms race develops between US and USSR China falls to the Communists

Eisenhower / Dulles policy of Massive Retaliation (Brinkmanship)

Containment Chart Event Times for Video #1 4: 35 Description How was this a part of containment policy? Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan 5: 35 Berlin Airlift 8: 14 NATO 11: 35 Brinkmanship Video #2 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=7 vd. XLk. WUjr. U https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Qgff. To. J 6 Tw. Q

Korea Communist North Korea Invades South Korea UN and West aid South Korea while Soviet Union and China aid North Korea 1950 -1953

38 th Parallel

Inchon Landing

Yalu River

Truman Fires Macarthur

1953 Cease Fire and DMZ

Vietnam 1954 US actively aids against Ho Chi Minh and Communists French defeat at Dien Bien Phu

Paris Peace Accords

Eisenhower and the Domino Theory

JFK and Diem https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=epf. Nsk 5 l 26 U https: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=Oewhl. Ye. U 2 fo

LBJ 1963 - USS Maddox and Gulf of Tonkin https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=De. Nv_62 v 6 WQ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. WAm. AOctux. I https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ah 1 IXMy 8 VCM

1964 -1968 (Tet Offensive) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 mbcgua 9 uf. E

1968 - Nixon and Vietnamization https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=BVwt. Pe. L 7 MTw

1975 - Fall of Saigon https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=og 6 bi 3 cgf 5 g https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. HLKFSWz. Imk

Vietnam Effects https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=31 rvm. Es 3 v. PI https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 c. Dsj. A 25 b. Lo

Cuba 1959 Fidel Castro and Communists take Cuba https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=vd. E 6 wqo 2 NOI

Cuba 1960 Bay of Pigs invasion, attempted overthrow of Fidel Castro’s Communism https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=TJvclo. SGsy. I

Cuba 1962 Soviet Missiles Discovered in Cuba Beginning of 13 Day Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis Closest ever coming to Nuclear War Kennedy vs. Kruschev President Kennedy Blocks Cuba with Ships (“eye to eye and the other guy blinked”) https: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=Qt. DAQB 1 s. A 9 k

Soviet Union 1953 -1956 Stalin Dies in 1953, Nikita Kruschev becomes new Soviet Leader 1956 begins policy of De-Stalinization

Hungary 1956 Hungarian Leader Imre Nage takes Hungary out of Warsaw Pact Kruschev sends in Soviet Troops to regain order

USSR-1957 Soviets Launch Sputnik Beginning of Space Race between US and USSR

Berlin, Germany 1961 East Germany builds wall, cuts off access for East Germany to West Berlin Wall became a symbol of the Cold War

USSR / Czecholslovakia-19641968 1964 Leonid Brezhnez becomes leader of Soviet Union Czechovakian leader Alexander Dubcek lessoned censorship “Prague Spring” Free Expression clamped down with Brezhnez Doctrine (later used in Afghanistan)

Richard Nixon and Detente Détente- Lessening Cold War Tensions Real Politik- dealing with nations in a practical and flexible manner (anti-containment) Nixon visits China (Sino-Soviet Split) SALT Treaties Policy continued with Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=V 2 -dg 8 GL 9 a. A

Ronald Reagan Fiercely Anti-Communist Moved Away from Détente Increased Military Spending SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars https: //www. youtube. com /watch? v=s. Mfm. Vz. HZvkc

USSR 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Premier Begins a series of Reforms and Freedoms in Russia

Glasnost Openness- Churches opened, Press allowed to criticize government, Banned authors allowed to publish books

Perestroika “Economic Restructuring”, Managers make more decisions, small private businesses

Democratization Gradual opening of the political system Election of a new group of lawmakers Communist Party no longer chose all candidates

USSR 1991 Nationalities begin to call of Independence August Coup, by Communist Hardliners Boris Yeltsin Seen as Hero Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia

Russia 1991 -1999 Boris Yeltsin President Forms Commonwealth of Independent States of CIS Shock Therapy for Economy

Russia 1999 -2008 Vladimir Putin appointed President in 1999 (won re-election twice) Forcefully dealt with Chechnya Tightened Grip of government on Economy Restricted Voting Rights and Liberties

Central and Eastern Europe Poland Lech Walesa leads workers Union Solidarity against Communist Government Series of strikes and crackdowns. By 1989, Solidarity was legal in Poland, helped gain free elections

Berlin, Germany 1989 Berlin Wall falls after Hungary opens its borders (Symbol of End of Cold War) Start of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc Process of Reunification