Military Flashcards
NATO ?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
Warsaw Pact ?
The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold Wa
Space race ?
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability.
Arms race ?
The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
Hungarian Revolution ?
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or the Hungarian Uprising, was a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956.
Nagy’s reforms included:
free elections to choose a democratic government;
an impartial legal system to ensure fair trials;
the total withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary;
farmers to be allowed private ownership of their land (instead of it being state owned);
Hungary to leave the Warsaw Pact and declare neutrality in the Cold War.
U2 crisis ?
On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory.
the arms race ?
the arms race - both sides accepted the need for some kind of Nuclear Test Ban treaty
a summit ?
a summit meeting was arranged for Paris to try to sort things out
Effects of u2 incident ?
The Paris meeting collapsed and there was no Test Ban Treaty.
There was no discussion about the problem of Berlin - which, ultimately, led to the Berlin Wall.
The incident was seen as a defeat for the US - so John F Kennedy was elected as president because he promised to get tougher with the Russians.
June 1961
At the Vienna Summit of June 1961, therefore, Khrushchev demanded that the US leave West Berlin within six months. Kennedy refused and instead guaranteed West Berlin’s freedom.
Berlin Wall ?
On 13 August, Khrushchev closed the border between East and West Berlin and started building the Berlin Wall.
Why was wall a symbol ?
At first, the Russians regarded it as a propaganda success, but as time went on, it became a propaganda disaster - a symbol of all that was considered bad about Soviet rule.
What did Kennedy do in Berlin ?
It is widely regarded as the best-known speech of the Cold War and the most famous anti-communist speech. Kennedy aimed to underline the support of the United States for West Germany 22 months after Soviet-occupied East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration to the West.
What did Kennedy do for Berlin ?
It is widely regarded as the best-known speech of the Cold War and the most famous anti-communist speech. Kennedy aimed to underline the support of the United States for West Germany 22 months after Soviet-occupied East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration to the West.
