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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WARORIGINS OF THE COLD WARCold War - a definitionCold War - a definition
The Situation in Europe:The Situation in Europe: – “Iron Curtain”, – “Iron Curtain”, Soviet Satellites”Soviet Satellites”
Cooperation and Security? NATO, Warsaw Cooperation and Security? NATO, Warsaw Pact, United NationsPact, United Nations
Containment: Truman Doctrine; Marshall Containment: Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Berlin AirliftPlan; Berlin Airlift
The Situation in AsiaThe Situation in Asia: Communism in China; : Communism in China; Division of KoreaDivision of Korea
Journal #21Journal #21
From your study of Global History, write a brief definition of “Cold War”. Include
key countries, time period, and any major events that you remember studying (use the social studies language).
The Cold WarThe Cold War
After the WarAfter the War
Global re-organization and Global re-organization and reconstructionreconstruction
In the last half of the In the last half of the 2020thth century, Western century, Western
European nations European nations worked cooperatively worked cooperatively
for security and for security and prosperityprosperity
Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe
Threat of Soviet Threat of Soviet expansion ……expansion ……
Communist Communist satellitessatellites were installed in were installed in Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe
The United States The United States becomes leader of the becomes leader of the
“Free World”“Free World”
Post World War II EuropePost World War II Europe
50 million people dead as a result of the war.
War left millions homeless and starving
Cities, factories, schools, and hospitals lay in ruins
I hope the I hope the Russians Russians love their love their
children too.children too.
““Russians” by StingRussians” by Sting
1946 Truman Doctrine
1948 Berlin Airlift
1949 China becomes Communist
1949 NATO fromed
1950 Korean War
1954 US detonates Hydrogen bomb
1955 Russia detonates the Hydrogen bomb
1957 Sputnik launched by mother Russia
1961 Berlin Wall is built
1962 Cuban Missle Crisis
1965 Vietnam War
1972 Détente – a cooling of Cold War tensions
1946 1948 1949 1949 1950 1954 1955 1957 1961 1962 1965 1972
Post World War II Post World War II EuropeEurope
Communist Bloc Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift Marshall Plan
Berlin Wall NATO
Warsaw Pact
YALTA CONFERENCEYALTA CONFERENCE
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agree to jointly govern postwar Germany
Feb 1945Feb 1945
OCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLINOCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLIN
THE UNITED NATIONSTHE UNITED NATIONS
Organization that watches over Organization that watches over world affairs in order to promote world affairs in order to promote
cooperation and peace.cooperation and peace.
June 1945June 1945
THE UN SECURITY COUNCILTHE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Organization that watches over Organization that watches over world affairs in order to promote world affairs in order to promote
cooperation and peace.cooperation and peace.
The Iron CurtainThe Iron Curtain Speech Speech
THE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHTHE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHMarch 5, 1946March 5, 1946
Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill phrase “iron curtain” represented Europe’s division
between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
THE IRON CURTAINTHE IRON CURTAIN
NATONATO
N.A.T.ON.A.T.OOrganization in Organization in which member which member
nations nations contribute air, contribute air,
land, naval land, naval forces for mutual forces for mutual
self-defenseself-defense..
THE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHTHE IRON CURTAIN SPEECHMarch 5, 1946March 5, 1946
Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill phrase “iron curtain” represented Europe’s division
between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
THE WARSAW PACT - 1955THE WARSAW PACT - 1955An alliance An alliance
between Russia between Russia and its and its satellitessatellites
to crush to crush democratic democratic
movements in movements in Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Balance of Power
N.A.T.ON.A.T.O Warsaw PactWarsaw Pact
The The TrumanTruman
DoctrineDoctrine
THE TRUMAN DOCTINETHE TRUMAN DOCTINEMarch 12, 1946March 12, 1946
A request for $400 million in aid from Congress to combat communism in
Greece and Turkey.
CONTAINMENT!!CONTAINMENT!!
THE MARSHALL PLANTHE MARSHALL PLAN
A massive aid program to rebuild Europe from the ravages of World War II. Nearly $13 billion in U.S. aid was
sent to Europe from 1948 to 1952.
June 1947June 1947
THE BERLIN AIRLIFTTHE BERLIN AIRLIFT
From June 1948 to May 1949, U.S. and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of
West Berlin.
THE BERLIN AIRLIFTTHE BERLIN AIRLIFT
Rail and barge traffic begins to stack up as Rail and barge traffic begins to stack up as the blockage begins in earnest. Before the the blockage begins in earnest. Before the
currency reform, black-market activity was currency reform, black-market activity was
common throughout Germanycommon throughout Germany
OCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLINOCCUPIED ZONES OF BERLIN
Berlin BlockadeBerlin Blockade
Miniature parachutes can be seen dropping from Halvorsen's C-54 as he
brings the plane in for a landing at Tempelhof