Cold War Timeline 1947 1991 Ch 15 What

Cold War Timeline 1947 -1991 Ch. 15 What is a proxy war? Uses third parties to fight against each other

Definition: Cold War n A conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations. *Between the USA and USSR

USA vs. USSR

1946: Iron Curtain* Winston Churchill proclaimed that an Iron Curtain had fallen on Europe.

1947: Marshall Plan* Page 512 The rebuilding of Europe for trade purposes costing 12 billion

1947: Truman Doctrine** Truman proclaimed that we would CONTAIN Communism.

1948: Berlin Airlift** After Soviet blockade of Berlin, the US, UK, and France dropped supplies around the clock to keep Berlin fed.

1949: Red China* Page 523 Mao Zedong took control of China, creating another communist nation.

1950 -53: Korean War* Page 524 -525 North vs. South Korea, with the threat of nuclear war escalating

1953: Death of Stalin** March 5 th (stroke)

1957: Sputnik** First of 3 satellites launched into space by the Russians.

1961: Berlin Wall* Berlin wall separated East and West, so Germans could not escape

1961 -1973: Vietnam* Page 530 -531 Vietnam War is a ground war between the US and USSR, which we will lose.

1962: Cuban Missile Crisis* Why? Page 507 Russia will put missiles on the island of Cuba aimed at the US.

Nikita Khrushchev: n n n Born in 1894. Leader of the communist party from 1953 -1964. Claimed Stalin abused his power.

Page 534, 538 1985 -1995: Gorbachev* -Born in 1931, remembered his village being occupied by the German army. - Will speak out for “restructuring” of Russia. (PERESTROi. KA) -Wanted to establish a market economy, and private ownership. (15 nations formed) Glasnost: was a policy which called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union

1979 -89: Afghanistan The Soviet Vietnam -9 year proxy war -The US will support a new democratic govt. while the Russians were supporting the existing government. -The Islamic govt. was trying to implement social reforms and land distribution. Page 538

1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down

1991: End of USSR & Cold War Page 534

1981: Evil Empire** Reagan Doctrine: give aide to help anti-communist nations

SHOW THE EVIL EMPIRE: n SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative: satellites will zap soviet missiles with lasers. n Star Wars: The press dubbed this SDI as Star Wars.

SMURFS AND THE EVIL EMPIRE

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1945: Hiroshima **(A-bomb/Hbomb video)

1947: Greece**

1949: NATO**

1952: H-Bomb**