The Cold War Flashcards
Superpowers
◍ USA - Democracy
◍ USSR- Communism
Cold war Years
1945 - 1991
Causes
◍Political differences between East and West
◍War disagreements
◍truman Doctrine
◍ The Marshall plan
◍ Capitalism vs. Communism
War Disagreements
◍ Soviet union took control of countries in Eastern
Europe.
◍ A buffer zone was created in the West
◍ Churchill said the ‘‘iron curtain’’ was drawn across europe.
Truman Doctrine
◍ President Truman (USA)
◍ US said they would help any government under the threat of communism
Marshall Plan
◍ US Plan to help economic recovery in Europe after WW2
◍Stalin seen truman doctrine and the marshall plan as a threat against the soviet union
Importance of the cold war
◍ Danger of nuclear war
◍Art and Propaganda
◍ Space race
◍ At the brink of WW3
Space race
◍ First man in space - Yuri Gagarin (USSR)
◍ First man on the moon - Neil Armstrong (USA)
Berlin Blockade
◍Split Germany into 4 (Britian,France,US,USSR)
Soviet view
◍ USSR Demanded huge reparations for their zone in East Germany
Blockade and Airlift
◍USA and UK launched a new currency
◍Soviet Union cut off road, rail and canal links to West Berlin
◍Cut off power supplies from soviet union
◍Allies use airlift to get supplies to West Berlin
Allies
France
Britian
USA
Axis
USSR
Blockade lifted
◍ Food rationed
◍ industrys closed down
◍ 125000 jobs lost
◍ Stalin realised he couldn’t win
◍ Lifted Blockade May 1949
◍ danger of world war ended for now
Blockade Importance
◍ Soviet union not preped for war
◍ West and East Germany estasbilished
◍ Marshall Aid to West Germany
◍Communist-controlled state - East Germany
◍ NATO set
◍ Warsaw pact agreed
◍ Building of Berlin wall 1961
◍ Propaganda war
Korean War 1950-1953
◍ Korea divided along 38th parallel after WW2
◍North Korea supported by soviet union
◍South Korea supported by USA
◍North Korea invaded South Korea
Korean War Progress
◍United Nations organised UN forces to support South Korea
◍Led by Mac Aruther - advanced towards Chinese Border
◍Mao Zedong provided Chinese troops to back North Korea
◍Eisenhower in US and Khrushchev in Soviet union made peace
◍Truman replaced Eisenhower
◍Stalin replaced by Khrushchev
Korean War Importance
◍ Death and Destruction
◍ World War Threats
◍America got new ally in Asia (Japan)
◍North Korea a communist state
◍South Korea- preposterous economy
Cuban Missile
◍Batista - dictator of Cuba
◍Sugar exported to US
◍ Castro - communist leader took over
◍Nationalised sugar plantations
◍ took over US business
◍Castro got help from khrushchev soviet leader
◍US organised failed invation -Bay of Pigs
◍Soviet’s consructed missile sites in Cuba
Cuban missile progress
◍kennedy of US ordered blockade of cuba -U2 spy planes
◍Dangerous pf nuclear war
◍ khrushchev agreed to dismantle missile bases if US agreed to not invade Cuba
Cuban Missile Importance
◍Close to nuclear war
◍washinton -moscow hotline set up
◍Castro survived and maintained a communist state
◍ relations between US and Cuba was banned until 2014
Space Race Developments
◍ developed MRI
◍ CAT SCANS
◍ Freeze-dried foods
◍Insulation
◍Water purification
