Conflicts in the cold war

Conflicts in the cold war

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  U.N.  Once Germany was defeated the Court of representatives of 48 Justice countries met in New York and they signed the U.N. Charter Economic  There are five and General Security permanent members in Social assambly Council Council the Security Council .They have got the veto´s right secretariat
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  Key factors  A complete lack of trust among politicians on each side  Building up huge armed forces to threaten the other side (but not actually using them)  Using the media to criticize the actions of the other side  Co-operating with and supporting anyone who was an enemy of the ‘other side’
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  The Marshall Plan  The Marshall Plan sent $13 billion as economic aid to help rebuild Europe – Helped stabilize European economies – Restarted consumer production in factories
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  Propaganda
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  PROPAGANDA
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  Berlin Blockade (1948-1949)  Stalin blockades roads into West Berlin, so Allies cannot get supplies in  Stalin hopes to take complete control of Berlin  Believes USA will not fight against Berlin Blockade
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  Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)  Allies airlift supplies into West Berlin  After 321 days, Stalin gives up blockade and creates communist East Germany
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  Berlín
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  The Berlin wall1961  West Berlin was booming , with plenty of jobs , goods and shops  A steady stream (marea humana) of East berliners moved to the richer life in west Berlin.  The URSS decided to put a stop to this and built the Berlin in wall across the city, with checkpints to control who went in and out.
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  KOREA  The tension between communist and non communist states was not limited to Europe and in 1950 it led to war in Korea.  Korea was divided in two states , the same Germany  In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea  General MacArthur played the most important role  The war finished in 1953 They are drawn (empatados, en tablas)
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  CUBA 1962, thelongest night  In 1962 USA spy planes discovered that the USSR was building missile bases on the island of Cuba, which meant that USSR missiles could be lounched against the USA  The USA sent warships to interceot the missiles that were being delivered to the bases on Cuba . This meant that the warships of the USA and USSR might clash and star a war
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  The Cuban MissileCrisis 1962
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  The Vietnam War c.1963-1975
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  Ho Chi Minh  North Vietnam was under the communist goverment of Ho Chi-Minh  South Vietnam had government that was friendly to USA  There were elections and USA was against them fearing the communists won them .
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  Vietcong  Vietcong fought to overthrow the government of South Vietnam  They were helped by North Vietnam  In 1973 a ceasefire was agreed upon , but the fight continued until 1975.  The conmunist won the fight and USA left Vietnam
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  Vietnam War Ends Endof War  1973, after long negotiations, U.S. reached peace agreement with North Vietnam, withdrew military support; without support, South lost ground  1975, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, ending war After the War  1976, Vietnam reunited officially, but faced major problems  Millions dead or made homeless; Vietnamese economy severely crippled  1980s, abandoned Soviet-style planned economy, made economic reforms Still Communist Nation  1995, U.S. formally recognized united Vietnam  Two nations agreed to improve trade relationship  Many economic reforms; political reforms slow for Communist nation
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  Peaceful Coexistence  A new generations of rulers helped to continue this peaceful atmosphere.  Krushchev in USSR and Kennedy in USA showed the world more tolerant behaviour, when it came to ideological differences with the opponents