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Cold war
- 1. INTRODUCTION GOOD MORNING FRIENDS I AM HERETO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ON COLD WAR WHICH WAS USA VS USSR INTHIS PRESENTATION WEWILL STUDY DIFFERENTTOPICS SOME OFTHEM ARE – 1-WESTERN BLOCK 2- EASTERN BLOCK 3-THE BEGNINGS OF COLDWAR 4- CHRACSITICS OF COLD WAR
- 2. WESTERN BLOCK THE WESTERN BLOCK WAS THE GROUP OF WESTERN COUNTRIES WITHTHE AMERICA . THE COUNTRY INVOVLED IN WESTERN BLOCK ARE JAPAN ,CANADA , BELGIUM , GREECE , DENMARK , BRITISH AND SPAIN WERE THE COUNTRY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN WESTERN BLOCK. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
- 3. EASTERN BLOCK THE EASTERN BLOCKSWERE THE GROUP OF MANY COUNTRYTHE COUNTRIES WHICH ARE INVOVLED IN THE EASTERN BLOCK ARE RUSSIA , KOREA ,VIETNAM , IRAN , CHINA , KAZAKSTHAN ETC WERETHE COUNTRY WHOWERE INVOLVEDWITH THE EASTERN……
- 4. WHATWASTHE COLDWAR • THE COLDWAR WAS A STATE OF GEOPOLITICAL TENSION AFTERTHE SECONDWORLD WAR BETWEEN THE POWERS INTHE – • EASTERN BLOCK (THE SOVIET UNION AND ITS ALLIES ) • WESTERN BLOCK ( USA AND ITS ALLIES )
- 5. Characteristics of cold war • Ideological differences • atmosphere of political distrust • Arms race high military sending • Espionage • Psychological warfare • brinkmanship • The nuclear capability to destroy the entire earth many times over
- 6. THE BEGININNG OF COLDWAR • AFTERTHE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONTHE CIVILWAR STARTED INTHE CIVILWARTHERE WASTWO GROUPWHITES AND REDSTHEY FIGHTTO EACH OTHERTHE USA , USSR AND FRANCE SUPPORT WHITES BUTTHEY LOSES .THATWHY RUSSIAN ARE JELISSH OF THE USA .THE CURRENT RULER OF RUSSIAWAS JOSEPH STAR LINE AND ALSOTHE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEENTHE USA AND USSRWASVERY BAD. BOTH ALLIESWERE AGAINST AXIS POWER IN SECONDWORLDWAR AFTER 1945 USSRTRIEDTO EXPERTTO COMMUNIST INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AS A BUFFER AGAINST GERMANY –VARIOUS COMMUNITS GOVTSWERE PROPPED UP • USATRIEDTO EXERT ITS INFLUENCE INWARTORN FRANCE ,WEST GERMANY , JAPAN AND KOREA ANDTRIEDTO SET UP CAPITALISM SUPPORTING LEADERS
- 7. USA POLICIESTO COMBACT USSR GROWING INFLUENCE THE CONTAINMENT POLICY MASHALL PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION TRUMAN DOCTRINE , 1947 – to support other nations against communism USA propped up anti communist regimes throughout the world
- 8. The berlin blockade 1948 Ussr wanted control over entire berlin Stalin stopped the supply route to west berlin USA and UK dropped their supplies for berlin so to break the lockade Then Germany split into two countries officially in 1949
- 9. 1949 1- formation of NATO 2- China fell under communist power 3- Ussr detonated it s first nuclear weapon 4-Many communist governments came up in central and east Europe
- 10. The contours are clear By around 1950 it was clear that the 2 sides are at war without any open conflict Ideological war – capitalism / democracy Vs. Communism / totalitarianism
- 11. The nuclear angle First time in human history a weapon was so potent DETERRANT – Cold war didn’t turn hot Annihilated – extinction of human race Ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear bombs Mutually assured destruction
- 12. 1950 escalation 1953- Stalin died Nikkita Khrushchev – USSR Eisenhower – USA 1955-WARSAW pact signed SPACE run begins
- 13. Ussr backed groups try to throw colonial governments in asia latin America and Africa US backed many undemocratic governments and dictators to stop this 1956- Hungarian revolution crushed by soviets 1956- Suez crisis 1950s – war in Indochina ragged on
- 14. 1960 – U2 plane incident 1960 – Paris summit – failed 1961 – Berlin wall construction begins 1962 – Cuban missile crisis
- 15. Cuban missile crisis 1962 •Cuba underwent a revolution in 1959 bringing communist Fidel Castro to power
- 16. High moment tension as world watched with bated breath Nuclear war averted in the Knick of time
- 17. 1962 – Sino soviet split due to ideological differences 1968- Prague spring crushed by Ussr TheVietnam was carried on at a brutal case Finally the Ussr backed northVietnam won in 1975
- 18. 1970S : DE- escalation USA china relations – in 1972 Nixon visited China Détente between USA and USSR Strategic arms limitation talk ( SALT ) 1973 Reducing nuclear missiles Reducing anti ballistic missiles
- 19. 1979- Ussr send troops to Afghanistan to help the newly formed Communist govt USA Supported Mujhaheed against USSR END of co operation
- 20. 1980s •1980s and 1894 los angels Olympics Boycotts •Ronald roegan increased military spending immensely while ussr could not keep up due to its falling economy •Strategic defence initiative plan by USA to equip satellite with nuclear missiles
- 21. 1983 – large NATO military exercise again bought the world on the brink to nuclear anhelation 1983- south Korea civilian plane shot by ussr 1985 – Mikhail gorbachev became the gen. sec. of communist party of Ussr
- 22. End of cold war because Reforms bought by gorachev in the economy of ussr The communist economy could not take up to the capitalist one