The Cold War began after WWII as political divisions grew between Western allies like the US and UK, and the Soviet Union. The US and Western Europe formed NATO in response to the USSR establishing control over Eastern Europe. Germany was divided, with the West embracing democracy and capitalism while the East was controlled by Moscow-backed communist governments. Despite early postwar meetings between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, the two sides were unable to agree on a lasting peace and Europe became firmly split into Western and Eastern blocs, marking the beginning of the Cold War era.
The document provides background information on the early Cold War period from 1947 to 1970. It discusses key events like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan that established the US policy of containment of communism. It also covers the establishment of military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact, proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam, and crises over places like Berlin, Cuba, and Czechoslovakia. The arms race between the US and USSR is examined, as well as the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement led by countries seeking to avoid alignment with either superpower.
The Cold War began in 1947 as tensions grew between capitalist Western nations led by the US and communist Eastern nations led by the Soviet Union. Over the following decades, the two superpowers supported opposing sides in regional conflicts around the world and an arms race escalated tensions. Key events included the division of Germany and Berlin, the formation of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Attempts at détente saw some arms control agreements but also continued proxy wars. By the late 1980s, reforms in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev weakened the communist bloc until it collapsed in 1991, bringing an end to the Cold War.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies, generally regarded as beginning after WWII and ending in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some key events included the Yalta and Potsdam conferences dividing post-war Germany and Europe, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan aiding Western Europe, the Berlin Airlift, NATO alliance, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and arms limitation talks between the US and USSR. The Cold War ended as reformist leader Gorbachev took power in the Soviet Union and liberalized policies.
The Cold War developed between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II and lasted until the late 1980s. It began due to tensions over differing ideologies of capitalism and communism. The relationship fluctuated between periods of confrontation and détente, with tensions heightened during times like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Interpretations differ on who was primarily responsible for starting the Cold War.
The document provides an overview of key events and developments during the early Cold War period from 1945-1952, including:
1. The breakdown of the alliance between the US, Britain and the Soviet Union after WWII and rising tensions over Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe.
2. Truman's containment policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism and programs like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan to provide aid to countries facing communist threats.
3. The Berlin Airlift and formation of NATO as responses to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin and military buildup in Europe.
4. The communist revolution in China, war in Korea, and US involvement in defending South Korea against North Korea and China.
The document summarizes key events in Europe and North America from 1945 to the present related to the rise of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. It discusses post-World War II conferences at Yalta and Potsdam that divided Germany into occupation zones. It also describes the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan that aimed to contain the spread of communism and rebuild Western Europe economically. The Berlin Airlift is mentioned as a response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin as tensions escalated between the two superpowers.
The document summarizes the causes and events of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II. Some of the long-term causes included Western hostility towards communism and American fears of communism. Short-term causes included tensions over aid to the USSR during WWII and broken promises over sovereignty in Eastern Europe. This led to a climate of mistrust and competition as the two superpowers supported opposing political ideologies, with conflicts emerging in divided Germany, Korea, and Cuba throughout the late 1940s to early 1960s.
The document provides background information on the early Cold War period from 1947 to 1970. It discusses key events like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan that established the US policy of containment of communism. It also covers the establishment of military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact, proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam, and crises over places like Berlin, Cuba, and Czechoslovakia. The arms race between the US and USSR is examined, as well as the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement led by countries seeking to avoid alignment with either superpower.
The Cold War began in 1947 as tensions grew between capitalist Western nations led by the US and communist Eastern nations led by the Soviet Union. Over the following decades, the two superpowers supported opposing sides in regional conflicts around the world and an arms race escalated tensions. Key events included the division of Germany and Berlin, the formation of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Attempts at détente saw some arms control agreements but also continued proxy wars. By the late 1980s, reforms in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev weakened the communist bloc until it collapsed in 1991, bringing an end to the Cold War.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies, generally regarded as beginning after WWII and ending in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some key events included the Yalta and Potsdam conferences dividing post-war Germany and Europe, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan aiding Western Europe, the Berlin Airlift, NATO alliance, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and arms limitation talks between the US and USSR. The Cold War ended as reformist leader Gorbachev took power in the Soviet Union and liberalized policies.
The Cold War developed between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II and lasted until the late 1980s. It began due to tensions over differing ideologies of capitalism and communism. The relationship fluctuated between periods of confrontation and détente, with tensions heightened during times like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Interpretations differ on who was primarily responsible for starting the Cold War.
The document provides an overview of key events and developments during the early Cold War period from 1945-1952, including:
1. The breakdown of the alliance between the US, Britain and the Soviet Union after WWII and rising tensions over Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe.
2. Truman's containment policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism and programs like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan to provide aid to countries facing communist threats.
3. The Berlin Airlift and formation of NATO as responses to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin and military buildup in Europe.
4. The communist revolution in China, war in Korea, and US involvement in defending South Korea against North Korea and China.
The document summarizes key events in Europe and North America from 1945 to the present related to the rise of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. It discusses post-World War II conferences at Yalta and Potsdam that divided Germany into occupation zones. It also describes the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan that aimed to contain the spread of communism and rebuild Western Europe economically. The Berlin Airlift is mentioned as a response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin as tensions escalated between the two superpowers.
The document summarizes the causes and events of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II. Some of the long-term causes included Western hostility towards communism and American fears of communism. Short-term causes included tensions over aid to the USSR during WWII and broken promises over sovereignty in Eastern Europe. This led to a climate of mistrust and competition as the two superpowers supported opposing political ideologies, with conflicts emerging in divided Germany, Korea, and Cuba throughout the late 1940s to early 1960s.
The Cold War began after WWII as the US and USSR emerged as rival superpowers. Stalin installed communist governments in Eastern Europe and blocked access to West Berlin, leading to the Berlin Airlift. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed as military alliances. China became communist under Mao Zedong and the US investigated suspected communist influence through committees like HUAC and McCarthyism. Tensions escalated as both sides developed nuclear weapons and started the Space Race.
World War II began in 1935 as Germany and Japan aggressively expanded their territories in violation of treaties from World War I. Adolf Hitler instituted a military buildup in Germany and remilitarized the Rhineland, alarming other European nations. Germany then annexed Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia, showing that the policy of appeasement was emboldening German aggression. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Britain and France declared war, marking the start of World War II in Europe. Japan also aggressively expanded in Asia, invading Manchuria in 1931 and engaging in a full-scale war with China from 1937. In 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the war against Germany and Japan. Over
The document provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II. It describes how the U.S. mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with millions enlisting or being drafted. American industry ramped up war production while scientists worked on technologies like radar, sonar, penicillin and the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. The U.S. fought major battles in Europe, Africa and the Pacific, with key events including D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before achieving victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: POTSDAM CONFERENCE. THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY WERE RESOLV...George Dumitrache
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: POTSDAM CONFERENCE. THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY WERE RESOLVED. THE PERSONALITIES OF THE PEACEMAKERS. Content: Potsdam location, participants: leaders and countries, post Yalta discussions, how to handle Germany, American position, agreements, changes in German society, Potsdam declaration, the atomic bomb, challenging negotiation, Churchill, Atlee, Truman and Stalin.
The document summarizes key events in the escalation of the Cold War in the late 1940s. It describes the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe, the Berlin Airlift when the Soviets blocked access to West Berlin, and the formation of NATO as a military alliance between Western nations. It also discusses growing fears of communist influence in the US government and Hollywood during this period, fueled by investigations into suspected Soviet spies.
The document discusses a professor who is feeling better after being sick but cannot talk. They will see a doctor again tomorrow but will use text slides and video clips instead of lecturing for their classes in the meantime.
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: TRUMAN'S CONTAINMENT POLICY. Content: Truman's containment policy, key policy, key terms, containment definition, George Kennan, USA's presidents and the containment policy, human rights vs anti-communism, the X-Article, countering soviet pressure, controversy, Dulles and Nitze, expansion of US military budget.
The document summarizes key events surrounding the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 that ultimately led to Japan's surrender, ending World War II:
1) The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, destroying much of the city and killing around 80,000 people instantly. 2) Three days later on August 9th, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands. 3) In the aftermath of the bombings, Japan agreed to surrender on August 15th, bringing World War II to an end.
1) After WWII, the US emerged as the strongest economic and military power but feared isolationism. It took on a leading role in the Western world to counter Soviet influence.
2) Europe was left devastated by the war while Britain was bankrupt but still wanted to act as a great power.
3) At Yalta, Stalin pushed for control of Eastern Europe which the US could not prevent given the Soviet military presence. This set the stage for tensions of the Cold War.
The document discusses post-World War II economic anxieties in the United States. It describes how the GI Bill helped veterans reintegrate into civilian life and boosted the economy. It also discusses how the Truman administration took steps like the Employment Act of 1946 and VA loans to prevent another Great Depression. The economy remained shaky in the initial postwar years but then experienced unprecedented growth from the 1950s to 1970s, fueled by factors like defense spending, shifts in the workforce, and increased consumerism.
The Tehran Conference in 1943 established tensions in the wartime alliance between the USSR and other Allies. At the conference, Stalin agreed to open a second front against Germany in exchange for the Allies accepting Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. This led to disagreements over the future of Germany and Poland after the war. The USSR extended its communist system over its occupation zone in Germany and Poland, while the Western Allies pursued different policies in their zones. This division accelerated the postwar split of Germany and Europe into communist Eastern and capitalist Western blocs.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and its allies on one side and the United States and its allies on the other following World War II. This ideological conflict between communism and capitalism was expressed through military coalitions, arms races, proxy wars and espionage. Key events included the Berlin Blockade, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the two sides close to nuclear war. The Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union due to economic and political pressures.
The Cold War began as tensions grew between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. The Soviets took control of Eastern Europe and established communist governments, while the US sought to contain the spread of communism through policies like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan. This division escalated an arms race and space race between the two superpowers, heightened by crises like the Korean War and Soviet launch of Sputnik. By the 1960s, the Berlin Wall symbolized the growing divide between communist East and capitalist West.
A revision presentation covering the Cold War topic for GCSE History on the AQA B course. Brief notes on each area of the Cold War needed. Hope this helps :)
The Cold War began after World War 2 as political tensions grew between the Western allies led by the US and the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union. Key events that exacerbated these tensions included the Yalta and Potsdam conferences in 1945 where Stalin pressured Roosevelt and Truman to allow communist governments in Eastern Europe, and the development of nuclear weapons by both the US and USSR which began an arms race. The US responded with policies of containment including the Truman Doctrine which pledged support for countries resisting communism, the Marshall Plan which provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe, and the formation of NATO as a military alliance against the Soviet Union.
The Cold War was a period of hostility between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1990 that never resulted in direct military conflict, but instead manifested as an ideological and geopolitical rivalry. The two superpowers disagreed on the future of Europe following World War 2, with the US supporting capitalist democracies and the USSR establishing communist governments in Eastern Europe behind an "Iron Curtain." Notable events of the Cold War included the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, space race, Cuban Missile Crisis, and construction/fall of the Berlin Wall, until reforms under Soviet leader Gorbachev in the 1980s ultimately ended the Cold War.
The Cold War emerged between the United States and Soviet Union due to their competing ideologies and policies towards Eastern Europe following World War II. The Soviet Union established communist governments in Eastern European countries through rigged elections and military force. In response, the United States enacted the Truman Doctrine to provide aid to countries resisting communism and established the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe's economies. This divide between the communist East and capitalist West marked the beginning of the Cold War.
1) Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and expanded into China in 1937, while Germany and Italy took increasingly aggressive steps including remilitarization and invasions of neighboring states.
2) Democratic powers pursued an appeasement policy and failed to resist early German and Italian actions.
3) Hitler continued expanding by annexing Austria and demanding the Sudetenland, culminating in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939 in violation of appeasement agreements.
4) Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, then Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 leading Britain and France to declare war, starting World War II.
The document provides an overview of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945-1991. It discusses the ideological differences that emerged between the two former allies after World War II and the establishment of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Key events of the Cold War included the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe, the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Growing economic troubles in the Soviet Union led to reforms under Gorbachev and the eventual collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe and dissolution of the Soviet Union.
After World War II, the world divided into two rival camps - the Western Bloc led by the United States and the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union. The US and USSR emerged as the two dominant superpowers and never directly fought each other in a war, but engaged in a prolonged political-military rivalry known as the Cold War from 1945 to 1989. During this time, tensions escalated as the two sides competed economically and militarily through espionage, propaganda, arms development, and proxy wars around the world while avoiding direct military conflict due to the threat of nuclear war.
The Cold War began after WWII as the US and USSR emerged as rival superpowers. Stalin installed communist governments in Eastern Europe and blocked access to West Berlin, leading to the Berlin Airlift. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed as military alliances. China became communist under Mao Zedong and the US investigated suspected communist influence through committees like HUAC and McCarthyism. Tensions escalated as both sides developed nuclear weapons and started the Space Race.
World War II began in 1935 as Germany and Japan aggressively expanded their territories in violation of treaties from World War I. Adolf Hitler instituted a military buildup in Germany and remilitarized the Rhineland, alarming other European nations. Germany then annexed Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia, showing that the policy of appeasement was emboldening German aggression. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Britain and France declared war, marking the start of World War II in Europe. Japan also aggressively expanded in Asia, invading Manchuria in 1931 and engaging in a full-scale war with China from 1937. In 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the war against Germany and Japan. Over
The document provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II. It describes how the U.S. mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with millions enlisting or being drafted. American industry ramped up war production while scientists worked on technologies like radar, sonar, penicillin and the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. The U.S. fought major battles in Europe, Africa and the Pacific, with key events including D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before achieving victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: POTSDAM CONFERENCE. THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY WERE RESOLV...George Dumitrache
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: POTSDAM CONFERENCE. THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY WERE RESOLVED. THE PERSONALITIES OF THE PEACEMAKERS. Content: Potsdam location, participants: leaders and countries, post Yalta discussions, how to handle Germany, American position, agreements, changes in German society, Potsdam declaration, the atomic bomb, challenging negotiation, Churchill, Atlee, Truman and Stalin.
The document summarizes key events in the escalation of the Cold War in the late 1940s. It describes the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe, the Berlin Airlift when the Soviets blocked access to West Berlin, and the formation of NATO as a military alliance between Western nations. It also discusses growing fears of communist influence in the US government and Hollywood during this period, fueled by investigations into suspected Soviet spies.
The document discusses a professor who is feeling better after being sick but cannot talk. They will see a doctor again tomorrow but will use text slides and video clips instead of lecturing for their classes in the meantime.
CAMBRIDGE A2 HISTORY: TRUMAN'S CONTAINMENT POLICY. Content: Truman's containment policy, key policy, key terms, containment definition, George Kennan, USA's presidents and the containment policy, human rights vs anti-communism, the X-Article, countering soviet pressure, controversy, Dulles and Nitze, expansion of US military budget.
The document summarizes key events surrounding the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 that ultimately led to Japan's surrender, ending World War II:
1) The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, destroying much of the city and killing around 80,000 people instantly. 2) Three days later on August 9th, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands. 3) In the aftermath of the bombings, Japan agreed to surrender on August 15th, bringing World War II to an end.
1) After WWII, the US emerged as the strongest economic and military power but feared isolationism. It took on a leading role in the Western world to counter Soviet influence.
2) Europe was left devastated by the war while Britain was bankrupt but still wanted to act as a great power.
3) At Yalta, Stalin pushed for control of Eastern Europe which the US could not prevent given the Soviet military presence. This set the stage for tensions of the Cold War.
The document discusses post-World War II economic anxieties in the United States. It describes how the GI Bill helped veterans reintegrate into civilian life and boosted the economy. It also discusses how the Truman administration took steps like the Employment Act of 1946 and VA loans to prevent another Great Depression. The economy remained shaky in the initial postwar years but then experienced unprecedented growth from the 1950s to 1970s, fueled by factors like defense spending, shifts in the workforce, and increased consumerism.
The Tehran Conference in 1943 established tensions in the wartime alliance between the USSR and other Allies. At the conference, Stalin agreed to open a second front against Germany in exchange for the Allies accepting Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. This led to disagreements over the future of Germany and Poland after the war. The USSR extended its communist system over its occupation zone in Germany and Poland, while the Western Allies pursued different policies in their zones. This division accelerated the postwar split of Germany and Europe into communist Eastern and capitalist Western blocs.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and its allies on one side and the United States and its allies on the other following World War II. This ideological conflict between communism and capitalism was expressed through military coalitions, arms races, proxy wars and espionage. Key events included the Berlin Blockade, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the two sides close to nuclear war. The Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union due to economic and political pressures.
The Cold War began as tensions grew between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. The Soviets took control of Eastern Europe and established communist governments, while the US sought to contain the spread of communism through policies like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan. This division escalated an arms race and space race between the two superpowers, heightened by crises like the Korean War and Soviet launch of Sputnik. By the 1960s, the Berlin Wall symbolized the growing divide between communist East and capitalist West.
A revision presentation covering the Cold War topic for GCSE History on the AQA B course. Brief notes on each area of the Cold War needed. Hope this helps :)
The Cold War began after World War 2 as political tensions grew between the Western allies led by the US and the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union. Key events that exacerbated these tensions included the Yalta and Potsdam conferences in 1945 where Stalin pressured Roosevelt and Truman to allow communist governments in Eastern Europe, and the development of nuclear weapons by both the US and USSR which began an arms race. The US responded with policies of containment including the Truman Doctrine which pledged support for countries resisting communism, the Marshall Plan which provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe, and the formation of NATO as a military alliance against the Soviet Union.
The Cold War was a period of hostility between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1990 that never resulted in direct military conflict, but instead manifested as an ideological and geopolitical rivalry. The two superpowers disagreed on the future of Europe following World War 2, with the US supporting capitalist democracies and the USSR establishing communist governments in Eastern Europe behind an "Iron Curtain." Notable events of the Cold War included the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, space race, Cuban Missile Crisis, and construction/fall of the Berlin Wall, until reforms under Soviet leader Gorbachev in the 1980s ultimately ended the Cold War.
The Cold War emerged between the United States and Soviet Union due to their competing ideologies and policies towards Eastern Europe following World War II. The Soviet Union established communist governments in Eastern European countries through rigged elections and military force. In response, the United States enacted the Truman Doctrine to provide aid to countries resisting communism and established the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe's economies. This divide between the communist East and capitalist West marked the beginning of the Cold War.
1) Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and expanded into China in 1937, while Germany and Italy took increasingly aggressive steps including remilitarization and invasions of neighboring states.
2) Democratic powers pursued an appeasement policy and failed to resist early German and Italian actions.
3) Hitler continued expanding by annexing Austria and demanding the Sudetenland, culminating in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939 in violation of appeasement agreements.
4) Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, then Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 leading Britain and France to declare war, starting World War II.
The document provides an overview of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945-1991. It discusses the ideological differences that emerged between the two former allies after World War II and the establishment of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Key events of the Cold War included the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe, the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Growing economic troubles in the Soviet Union led to reforms under Gorbachev and the eventual collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe and dissolution of the Soviet Union.
After World War II, the world divided into two rival camps - the Western Bloc led by the United States and the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union. The US and USSR emerged as the two dominant superpowers and never directly fought each other in a war, but engaged in a prolonged political-military rivalry known as the Cold War from 1945 to 1989. During this time, tensions escalated as the two sides competed economically and militarily through espionage, propaganda, arms development, and proxy wars around the world while avoiding direct military conflict due to the threat of nuclear war.
After World War II, the world divided into two competing spheres of influence between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US and USSR emerged as the two dominant superpowers with opposing ideologies - democracy and capitalism versus communism and autocratic rule. Each established military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact and engaged in proxy conflicts and an arms race throughout the Cold War period from 1945 to 1989 without direct military confrontation, seeking to limit the spread of the other's influence through political, economic and covert means in what was termed a "Cold War".
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1947-1991. It involved ideological and military competition between capitalism and communism. Key events that heightened tensions included the Berlin Blockade, establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The space race and arms race further demonstrated the technological and military supremacy between the two superpowers. Growing economic troubles in the Soviet Union and diplomatic negotiations between Reagan and Gorbachev contributed to the decline of communist rule and end of the Cold War.
Germany surrendered in 1945 and was divided and occupied by the Allies. The Potsdam Conference established this division and began de-Nazification efforts. Europe was largely bankrupt after the war while the US and USSR emerged as new superpowers. The Soviets wanted to rebuild the German economy to their benefit while the Americans prioritized self-determination, leading to the origins of the Cold War between them. Japan also surrendered in 1945 after atomic bombs were dropped and was remade under US occupation with a new constitution and demilitarization. These postwar changes established the foundations for the ensuing global Cold War conflict between capitalist and communist ideologies.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, from 1947 to 1991. It began after WWII as relations broke down between the former allies. The US and USSR established opposing military alliances (NATO and the Warsaw Pact respectively) and engaged in proxy wars and arms races throughout the world. Some of the most tense periods included the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam War. In the late 1980s, reforms under Gorbachev led Eastern Bloc countries to break away, and the USSR dissolved in 1991, ending the Cold War.
After World War 2, tensions rose between the capitalist United States and communist Soviet Union as they emerged as the two dominant superpowers. They engaged in a Cold War characterized by espionage, proxy wars, and an arms race as each sought to spread their influence and contain the other. Key events included the Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, and space race, though the two sides never directly fought each other.
Sec 4N Hist (Elec) Chapter 8: Start of the Cold WarWeng Lun Ho
The Cold War in Europe was caused by ideological differences and distrust between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, following World War II. Key disagreements at conferences like Yalta and Potsdam over issues like the borders and administration of Germany and Eastern Europe increased tensions. The Berlin Blockade further escalated the conflict when the Soviets tried to cut off access to West Berlin, leading to the Berlin Airlift. These events helped divide Europe into Western and Eastern spheres of influence and led to opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. It recognizes the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family. It establishes that all people are free and equal, regardless of attributes like race, color, sex, language, religion, political opinion, or other status. Everyone is entitled to the rights and freedoms in the Declaration without discrimination.
After WWII, tensions rose between the two emerging superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, leading to the establishment of a bipolar world order. The Soviets expanded their influence over Eastern Europe while the US asserted itself as a dominant military and economic power in the West. This division hardened at conferences like Yalta and Potsdam as mutual distrust grew. The US implemented the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan to contain communism and rebuild the Western allies, while the USSR established control over its satellite states in the Eastern bloc. The world was now split into two ideologically opposed camps in the early stages of the Cold War.
The document provides an overview of the development of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States from the late 1940s to the 1960s. It discusses how Eastern Europe fell under Soviet control after World War 2 and the establishment of rival military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It also summarizes economic recovery and social changes in Western Europe and North America during this period, as well as challenges to Soviet domination in Eastern Europe and escalating tensions between the two superpowers.
The document provides an overview of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945-1991. It discusses the ideological differences between capitalism/democracy and communism that fueled tensions. Key events that exacerbated conflict included the Berlin Blockade, Truman Doctrine, Soviet control of Eastern Europe, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold War ended in the late 1980s-early 1990s with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and dissolution of the Soviet Union.
This document provides an overview of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. It discusses the competing ideological systems and military alliances between the two superpowers. Key events that defined the Cold War included the Yalta Conference, the Berlin Airlift, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Propaganda and threats of military force were tools both sides used to gain influence and spread their ideological systems during the Cold War standoff.
The Cold War was an ideological struggle between Soviet and Eastern Bloc nations led by the USSR on one side, and the US and Western democracies on the other. Both sides aimed to spread their influence globally, with the USSR seeking to spread communism and the US pursuing a policy of containment to limit communism's expansion. This conflict manifested through espionage activities between the CIA and KGB, an arms race including nuclear weapons development, and competition for influence in the developing world between democratic capitalism and communist command economies. The division of Europe along ideological lines through the Iron Curtain and establishment of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact characterized the bi-polar nature of global power dynamics during this period.
Origins of the Cold War - Yalta Conference, Potsdam, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade & Airlift, China, NATO http://curriculumglobal.blogspot.com
The Cold War emerged from tensions between capitalist Western nations led by the United States and communist Eastern nations led by the Soviet Union. Key events that highlighted this conflict included the Berlin Blockade in 1948, when the USSR tried to force the Western allies out of Berlin, and the formation of opposing military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact in 1949 and 1955 respectively. The Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine aimed to contain the spread of communism through economic and military aid to countries resisting Soviet influence. An arms race developed as both sides increasingly developed more advanced nuclear weapons throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, maintaining a tense stalemate known as mutually assured destruction.
The document summarizes key events in the deterioration of relations between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II, leading to the Cold War. It discusses the Yalta and Potsdam conferences in 1945 where borders and occupation zones were decided. It also mentions the development of nuclear weapons by the US and Soviet Union, the Truman Doctrine providing aid to countries resisting communism, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe's economies, and the Berlin Blockade and airlift. The document also summarizes McCarthyism in the US and the stalemated Korean War as further escalating Cold War tensions.
The document provides background information on the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991. It discusses that after WWII, political differences grew between the two former allies as they had opposing economic systems - capitalism vs communism. This created a climate of tension known as the Cold War, where they competed militarily and for global influence through proxies but never directly engaged in war. Tensions lasted until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
The USSR in World War II
The ultimate test of the Russian battle order has usually been war
The Romanov Empire failed that test in WWI – and fell
By the time of the next test – WWII, the Russian state was transformed into a more formidable machine
The “socialist” organization of the country was aimed at making the state more militarily capable
A similar logic unfolded in Italy and Germany under different forms of “socialism”
They talked of “socialism”, but they meant winning world wars
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
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5. Short Background of USSR
It was established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991. The Soviet
Union was the first state to be based on Marxist socialism.
Politically the USSR was divided (from 1940 to 1991) into 15
constituent or union republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belorussia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia
(Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (Moldova), Russia,
Tadzhikistan (see Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
and Uzbekistan—ostensibly joined in a federal union, but until
the final year or so of the USSR's existence the republics had
little real power. Russia, officially the Russian Soviet Federal
Socialist Republic (RSFSR), was only one of the constituent
republics, but the terms "Russia," the "USSR," and the "Soviet
Union" were often used interchangeably.
6. Russian in full Iosif
Vissarionovich Stalin, original
name (Georgian) Ioseb
Dzhugashvili born December,
1879 at Gori, Georgia,
Russian Empire—died March
5, 1953, Moscow, Russia,
U.S.S.R.
Secretary-general of the
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union (1922–53) and
premier of the Soviet state
(1941–53), who for a quarter
of a century dictatorially ruled
the Soviet Union and
transformed it into a major
world power.
7. Served as the Prime Minister of
Great Britain from 1940 to 1945
and again from 1951 to 1955.
He led Britain's fight against
Nazi Germany in World War II.
Churchill was a talented orator,
giving many stirring speeches
to boost national morale during
the war. A close friend of
American presidents Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry S.
Truman, Churchill hoped to join
the Americans in building a
postwar order that limited
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's
ability to dominate European
affairs.
8. Born January 30, 1882, Hyde Park,
New York, U.S.—died April 12, 1945,
Warm Springs, Georgia), 32nd
president of the United States (1933–
45). The only president elected to the
office four times, Roosevelt led the
United States through two of the
greatest crises of the 20th century: the
Great Depression and World War II. In
so doing, he greatly expanded the
powers of the federal government
through a series of programs and
reforms known as the New Deal, and
he served as the principal architect of
the successful effort to rid the world of
German National Socialism and
Japanese militarism.
10. Trace the causes and ideologies of
Cold War and the impact of the
conflict in the Philippines and other
SEA nations.
6.
OBJECTIVE
11. CONTENTS
A.A Missed Opportunity for Peace
B.The United States and the Western Bloc
C.The USSR and the Eastern Bloc
D.The Division of Germany
E. The Strengthening of Alliances
F. The First Confrontations
13. WHAT IS COLD WAR?
Lengthy struggle between the United States and the Soviet
Union.
Began in the aftermath of the surrender of Hitler’s Germany.
1941 – Nazi aggression against the USSR turned the Soviet
regime into an ally of the Western Democracies.
Post-War – DIVERGENT VIEWPOINTS created rifts between
those who had once allies.
Europe was divided into two blocs – main theatres of the war
Western Europe – Supported by the United States
Eastern Europe – satellites of the USSR
Two Great Powers never fought directly, Nuclear deterrence
was the only effective means of preventing a military
confrontation.
Balance of Terror served as stimulus for arms race.
15. TOWARDS A BIPOLAR WORLD
UNITED STATES – great victor of the second world
war.
Remained the world’s leading military power.
Navy and Air Force were unrivalled.
Until 1949, only country with the capacity to
produce nuclear weapons.
Also confirmed its status as the World’s leading
economic power (Trade, Industrial and
Agricultural Production)
Now, owned two thirds of the world’s gold
reserves and the DOLLAR – primary
international currency.
16. TOWARDS A BIPOLAR WORLD
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
(USSR)
Territorially enlarged and with an aura of prestige
from having fought Hitler’s Germany.
Had a real numerical superiority in terms of men
and heavy weapons.
Red Army was not demobilized at the end of the war.
For USSR
US was spearheading “Imperial Expansion”
Americans were concerned at Communist Expansion,
accusing Stalin of breaching the Yalta Agreement on
the right of free peoples to self determination.
17. A. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE
1. TEHERAN CONFERENCE (from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 1943)
US, British and Russians got together to address the question
of how to organize the world after the war.
First Summit meeting between WINSTON CHURCHILL,
JOSEPH STALIN and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Leaders discussed Normandy invasion
They decided to entrust the study of the German question to a
European Consultative Commission.
RESULT: Close wartime alliance soon gave way to a climate
of mistrust.
Realized that countries were divided by increasingly
DIVERGENT VIEWS.
Allied Powers, unable to reach agreement on a peace treaty.
Two other Allied Conferences were subsequently held.
18. A. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE
1. YALTA CONFERENCE (February 4 to 11, 1945)
Yalta, Crimea in the Black Sea.
Purpose: settle the questions raised by the inevitable German
defeat.
Agreed on the arrangement for the occupation of Germany
Division of Germany into four zones
They agreed on many points:
The establishment of the United Nations
Free elections allowed in the states of Eastern Europe
Russia’s promise to join the war against Japan
Yalta seemed to be the final attempt to reorganize the world.
The world was no yet divided (two hemispheres of influence)
but the Western were obliged to accept Stalin’s roles in the
territories liberated by Soviet Tanks.
Eastern and Eastern Europe – under Red Army (USSR)
19. Joseph Stalin (USSR), Franklin Roosevelt (US) and
Winston Churchill (England) and in Yalta in 1945.
YALTA CONFERENCE
20. A. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE
1. THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE (July 17 to Aug 2, 1945)
Near Berlin
May 8, 1945 – Germany surrendered, war Europe had come
to an end.
HARRY TRUMAN replaced Franklin D. Roosevelt
CLEMENT ATTLEE took over as head of the British
delegation.
Much more intense than at YALTA CONFERENCE
Situations
USSR occupied the eastern part of Germany, part of Austria
and all of Central Europe.
Stalin redrew the MAP of eastern Europe
British and Americans – provisionally accepted Soviet
annexation
21. A. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE
1. THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE (July 17 to Aug 2, 1945)
Potsdom Agreement
Endorsed vast movements of population
Agree on the practical arrangements for Germany’s
complete disarmament
Abolition of the National Socialist Party
Trial of War criminals
Amount that should be paid in reparations.
Great Powers were divided by their increasingly
contradictory viewpoints.
AIM – prepare for the post-war era to divide up the
“spoils”.
26. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the
Adriatic an iron curtain has descended
across the Continent. Behind that line lie
all the capitals of the ancient states of
Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw,
Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest,
Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these
famous cities and the populations around
them lie in what I must call the Soviet
sphere, and all are subject in one form or
another, not only to Soviet influence but
to a very high and, in some cases,
increasing measure of control from
Moscow.”
(Excerpt from Winston Churchill’s “Iron
Curtain Speech.”)
27.
28. B. THE UNITED STATES AND THE
WESTERN BLOC
For US, Isolationism is no longer an option.
British help Greek government fight communist guerrillas.
They appealed to America for aid and the response was the
TRUMAN DOCTRINE.
This positioned the US as the defender of a free world in the
face of Soviet Aggression.
Truman redefined the country’s policy guidelines and
promised it would support free countries to help fight
communism.
400 million dollars – granted to Greece and Turkey.
Greece was able to defeat communism in 1949.
Secured withdrawal of Russian Troops from Iran.
The Truman Doctrine was significant because it showed that
America, the most powerful democratic country, was prepared
to resist the spread of communism throughout the world.
29.
30.
31.
32. MARSHALL PLAN
Economic Cooperation Administration
Managed MARSHALL PLAN
In 1947, US Secretary of State Marshall
announced the Marshall Plan (European
Recovery Program)
This was a massive economic aid plan
for Europe to help it recover from the
damage caused by the war.
There were two motives for this:
Helping Europe to recover
economically would provide
markets for American goods, so
benefiting American industry.
A prosperous Europe would be
better able to resist the spread of
communism. This was probably the
main motive.
Secretary of State
George Marshall.
33. MARSHALL PLAN
VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV (USSR Foreign Minister)
Refused to countenance any international control and
opposed economic aid for Germany.
Rejected Marshall Plan, persuaded satellite countries
(Finland) to refuse US Aid.
16 Countries signed up: Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and UK.
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
(1948) – De Facto
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (1960) – when US and Canada joined.
Permanent agency set up by the American, for the
management and distribution of the funds themselves.
34. OEEC’S OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OCTOBER 1946 – Committee for Overseas Territories
Through special fund, encouraged European countries to
cooperate with the US in the development of AFRICA.
1948 – ELECTIONS
Christian Democrat Party defeated Italian Communist Party
(Italy)
INTENSE PROPAGANDA
Marked the entry of Consumer Age (Coca-Cola and
Hollywood films)
1949 – Trade Liberalisation Scheme
European Payments Union – removed the convertibility of
European currencies and removed quantitative trade
restrictions.
1953 – European Agency Productivity promoted economic
productivity
35.
36.
37. OEEC OR OECD
INITIAL UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COUNTRIES
WITH A FREE-MARKET ECONOMY, YET
IT REMAINED AN ORGANIZATION FOR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
THAT WAS UNABLE TO CREATE A
CUSTOMS UNION.
38.
39. The USSR and the EASTERN Bloc
Its claim to be a world power could no longer
be disputed.
August 1949 – exploded its first atomic
bomb.
1953 – its first hydrogen bomb.
1953 – further wave of repression was
interrupted.
Death of Stalin – March 5, 1953
40. The Creation of Buffer State
1945 – Communist world rapidly spread to Central
and Eastern Europe.
Soviet Army helped Communist Propaganda in the
countries that it had liberated in Central and Eastern
Europe.
Three years was enough to establish people’s
democracy ruled by Communist Parties.
Poland, Hungary, Romania and Czechoslovakia were
brutally forced into the soviet embrace.
USSR had some difficulty keeping control of all its
satellite countries
1948 – Yugoslav Communists refused to follow the line
decreed by the Cominform.
41. The Zhdanov Doctrine and the Cominform
September 22, 1947 – Creation of the COMINFORM.
an information bureau located in Belgrade.
Became communist movement’s agent for spreading its
ideology
Served as instrument to keep close control Western
Communist Parties.
AIM - to close ranks Moscow and to ensure that European
Communists were in line with Soviet Policies.
Andrie Zhdanov (Stalin’s right-hand man)
Persuaded participants to approve the doctrine “Anti-
Imperialist and Democratic” as response to the TRUMAN
DOCTRINE (Imperialist and Anti-Democratic Camp).
1949 – creation of Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance (response to the Marshall Plan)
42.
43.
44. August 30, 1945 – Inter-Allied Control
council was founded, divided Berlin
into four sectors.
July 28, 1946 – US proposed plan for
economic unification, France and
USSR refused, so American and
British decided to unite their zones
(Bizone)
August 1, 1948 – French joined
Bizone (Trizone)
June 20, 1948 – Deutsche Mark (DM), german
mark was introduced replacing the Reichmark,
enabled the shops be filled with goods.
June 24, 1948 – USSR imposed a total
blockage of the western.
Allied Airlift – appropriate American counter-
measure introduced by General Lucius D. Clay
Thousands of aircraft brought food, fuels
and essential goods in W. Berlin
Berlin (Germany) – thought as victim of the
Soviet threat.
45.
46.
47.
48. Federal Republic of Germany VS. German Democratic Republic
1948 – Trizone met in London,
called a constituent assembly,
“German Parliamentary Council”
Konrad Adenauer
(Christian Democrat)
Formulated Basic Law (Sept.
1, 1948)
Became the provisional
Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Germany (Bonn).
Became First Chancellor, over
Socialist led by Kurt
Schumacher (August 1949).
Champion of a return to a
Free-Market Economy.
1949 – USSR proclaimed of the
German Democratic Republic
(East BERLIN)
Wilhelm Pieck - President
Otto Grotwohl (Former social
democrat) – head of the
Government
Social Democratic Party and
Communist Party formed the
SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY
Dominated the Political scene in
GDR until the end of the
Communist era in 1989.
49. The Stregthening of Alliances
WESTERN VS. EASTERN
March ,1948 - BRUSSELS
PACT
Aim to establish Western
Union and to prevent armed
aggression in Europe
Signed by five countries in
Europe (Denmark, Iceland,
Italy, Norway and Portugal)
June, 1948 – US congress
passed the Vandenberg Res to
end American isolationism.
April, 1941 – foreign ministers
signed a treaty establishing
NATO.
U.S and Canada joined the
Union
1955 – creation of the
WARSAW PACT.
Mutual Defense Pact
Created a Military
Alliance
Members: USSR,
Albania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, the
GDR, Hungary, Poland
and Romania
50.
51. THE FIRST CONFRONTATIONS
1946 - Greece was in the Midst of a Civil War
In CHINA, American Aid was given to the
Nationalist Chang Kai-Shek, failed to halt the
communists.
June, 1950, The stage moved from Europe to
Southeast Asia as Communist North Korean
troops invaded South Korea.
52. THE CIVIL WAR IN GREECE
Last of the Balkan States to resist Soviet domination.
Area of Prime importance from an economic and
strategic viewpoint for preventing Soviet Domination
of the Eastern Mediterranean and protecting Middle
East Oil Supplies.
America – committed to preserving
independence.
Enjoyed the benefits of the Marshall Plan
Joined Western System, Joined the Council of
Europe, Joined NATO in 1951.
50, 000 people died in Communist revolt in Greece –
marked the end of the Soviet influence in Europe.
53. REVOLUTION IN CHINA
Mao Zedong – lead communism in China, hardened
by the resistance to the Japanese.
Chiang Kai Shek – left mainland China, take refuse
in Formosa.
1949 – People’s Republic of China was proclaimed.
Communists held all the key jobs in the Government.
Victory greatly strengthened Communism, spread
from China Sea to the Elbe.
Not satellite of the USSR, only joined forces but did
not become part of the Soviet Bloc.