The Cold War

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The Cold War
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Germany- 1945

• Split into 4 Occupied Zones
• Soviet vs Western Allies
• Tension for 4 decades

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United States1946

• Churchill warns of Iron Curtain in Europe
• Stalin calls speech an act of War- Official start
  of Cold War

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Western Europe 1947

• The Marshall plan gives financial aid to European
  nations
• Rebuilt Western Europe, threatened Communism

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Berlin, Germany1948-

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

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Western Europe/North America1949-

• NATO is created, an alliance against Soviets
• USSR creates Warsaw Pact created in 1955 in
  response

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USSR1949-

• Soviets develop A-bomb
• Starts Arms race between US and USSR

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China 1949-

• Mao Tse Tung and Chinese Communists take control
  of China
• China becomes the largest Communist nation, ally
  of USSR

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Korea 1950-

• Communist North Korea invades South Korea
• The UN and US aids S. Korea,
• China aids N. Korea,
• The Korean War 1950-53

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Hungary 1956

• Hungarian leader Imre Nagy takes Hungary out of
  Warsaw Pact
• Khrushchev sends troops to regain order

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USSR 1957-

• Soviets launch Sputnik
• Starts Space Race between US and USSR

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Vietnam 1959-

• The U.S. actively starts sending troops to aid S.
  Vietnam against Communist Ho Chi Minh
• Start of Vietnam War 1959-1975

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Cuba 1959

• Fidel Castros Communists take over Cuba
• Cuba becomes an ally of USSR

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Berlin Germany1961-

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

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Cuba 1962-

• Soviets attempt to place missiles in Cuba
• President Kennedy blocks Cuba with ships, Closest
  to Nuclear War ever.

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US and USSR 1970s-

• A series of Arms treaties to reduce weapons
  levels
• A period of relaxation (detente)

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Afghanistan 1979

• USSR invades
• US boycotts Moscow Olympics, increased tensions

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Poland 1980

• -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

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USSR 1985

• Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Premier of USSR
• Gorbachev starts a series of reforms and freedoms
  in Russia

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Berlin GermanyNov 1989-

• Berlin Wall falls after Hungary opens its borders
• Start of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc

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USSR 1991

• Political turmoil in USSR
• Gorbachev resigns,
• Boris Yeltsin becomes President, USSR collapses