Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe
... millions of Soviet soldiers died fighting the brunt of Nazi armies alone until mid1944. • The US and Britain froze Russia out of the atomic bomb project. • US terminated lend-lease to Moscow in May 1945 but gave Britain aid until 1946. • Soviets sought a "buffer zone" for the Soviet western border, ...
... millions of Soviet soldiers died fighting the brunt of Nazi armies alone until mid1944. • The US and Britain froze Russia out of the atomic bomb project. • US terminated lend-lease to Moscow in May 1945 but gave Britain aid until 1946. • Soviets sought a "buffer zone" for the Soviet western border, ...
History – 2hr 1945-53 - The Origins of the Cold War 4 The causes
... Extract taken from Steve Phillips, The Cold War pp.27-31 The Cold War in Europe was to reach its first major crisis with the Berlin Blockade of 1948-9. Although disappointed with the increase in Soviet influence in countries such as Romania, Bulgaria and other parts of eastern Europe, the West could ...
... Extract taken from Steve Phillips, The Cold War pp.27-31 The Cold War in Europe was to reach its first major crisis with the Berlin Blockade of 1948-9. Although disappointed with the increase in Soviet influence in countries such as Romania, Bulgaria and other parts of eastern Europe, the West could ...
High School US History Standard: The student uses a
... Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II. 110,000 men, women and children – were sent to hastily constructed camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior. Nisei are Japanese Americans. 90. American reaction to a ...
... Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II. 110,000 men, women and children – were sent to hastily constructed camps called "War Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior. Nisei are Japanese Americans. 90. American reaction to a ...
Reform & Collapse in E Europe and the USSR
... • The Hungarian road to greater freedom was less calamitous. • The lessons of 1956 taught that only small steps to reform were possible (until the Gorbachev years), consequently Hungarian governments stayed clear of political change and focussed on greater consumerism – what came to be known as Goul ...
... • The Hungarian road to greater freedom was less calamitous. • The lessons of 1956 taught that only small steps to reform were possible (until the Gorbachev years), consequently Hungarian governments stayed clear of political change and focussed on greater consumerism – what came to be known as Goul ...
Reform & Collapse in Eastern Europe and the USSR
... • The Hungarian road to greater freedom was less calamitous. • The lessons of 1956 taught that only small steps to reform were possible (until the Gorbachev years), consequently Hungarian governments stayed clear of political change and focussed on greater consumerism – what came to be known as Goul ...
... • The Hungarian road to greater freedom was less calamitous. • The lessons of 1956 taught that only small steps to reform were possible (until the Gorbachev years), consequently Hungarian governments stayed clear of political change and focussed on greater consumerism – what came to be known as Goul ...
Cold War
... disagreements before they led to wars; agreed upon by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta conference • First met in San Francisco in 1945 • Eleanor Roosevelt served as first U.S. representative to this organization ...
... disagreements before they led to wars; agreed upon by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta conference • First met in San Francisco in 1945 • Eleanor Roosevelt served as first U.S. representative to this organization ...
Timeline #6 Diplomacy of the Cold War (1943
... 2 League of Nations meets for last time in April, 1945 and transfers its assets & powers to UN. 3 SED = Socialist Unity Party (this of course applied only to the eastern zone). ...
... 2 League of Nations meets for last time in April, 1945 and transfers its assets & powers to UN. 3 SED = Socialist Unity Party (this of course applied only to the eastern zone). ...
The Beginning of the Cold War
... Roosevelt and Churchill rejected Stalin's demand that Germany pay the Soviet Union $20 billion in war damages. At the meeting, Roosevelt pressed Stalin to declare war on Japan. The atomic bomb had not yet been tested, and the President wanted Soviet help if an invasion of Japan became necessary. Sta ...
... Roosevelt and Churchill rejected Stalin's demand that Germany pay the Soviet Union $20 billion in war damages. At the meeting, Roosevelt pressed Stalin to declare war on Japan. The atomic bomb had not yet been tested, and the President wanted Soviet help if an invasion of Japan became necessary. Sta ...
Berlin Crisis Source II - Mrs. Lee`s History Place
... to a dry of two million people for more than a year. The West carried out a tremendous feat. Its only alternative was to give in to Stalin either over Berlin or over Germany as a whole and look weak. Stalin, however, was not fully estranged from a policy that would have resulted in German reunificat ...
... to a dry of two million people for more than a year. The West carried out a tremendous feat. Its only alternative was to give in to Stalin either over Berlin or over Germany as a whole and look weak. Stalin, however, was not fully estranged from a policy that would have resulted in German reunificat ...
Berlin Crisis Article II - Tracy Unified School District
... to a dry of two million people for more than a year. The West carried out a tremendous feat. Its only alternative was to give in to Stalin either over Berlin or over Germany as a whole and look weak. Stalin, however, was not fully estranged from a policy that would have resulted in German reunificat ...
... to a dry of two million people for more than a year. The West carried out a tremendous feat. Its only alternative was to give in to Stalin either over Berlin or over Germany as a whole and look weak. Stalin, however, was not fully estranged from a policy that would have resulted in German reunificat ...
Cold War Lectures
... c. The US and Britain froze Russia out of the atomic bomb project. d. US terminated lend-lease to Moscow in May 1945 but gave Britain aid until 1946. e. Soviets sought a "buffer zone" for the Soviet western border, especially in Poland 2. U.S. point of view: a. Stalin seemed intent on creating "sphe ...
... c. The US and Britain froze Russia out of the atomic bomb project. d. US terminated lend-lease to Moscow in May 1945 but gave Britain aid until 1946. e. Soviets sought a "buffer zone" for the Soviet western border, especially in Poland 2. U.S. point of view: a. Stalin seemed intent on creating "sphe ...
Chapter 27 Worksheets
... to establish 4) ___________________ , or safety, in the world. They formed the 5) __________________________ . This organization has six parts, each with its own job. The 6) _________________________ debates world problems, and all member 7) ____________________ belong to it. The 8) ________________ ...
... to establish 4) ___________________ , or safety, in the world. They formed the 5) __________________________ . This organization has six parts, each with its own job. The 6) _________________________ debates world problems, and all member 7) ____________________ belong to it. The 8) ________________ ...
WHAP 1914-present review
... France and Britain were to some extent insulated from the world economy by their overseas colonies. Japan and Germany suffered much more because they relied on exports to pay for imports of food and fuel South Africa’s economy boomed because Depression made gold more ...
... France and Britain were to some extent insulated from the world economy by their overseas colonies. Japan and Germany suffered much more because they relied on exports to pay for imports of food and fuel South Africa’s economy boomed because Depression made gold more ...
Mar 1984 - DISARMAMENT
... us. Our legitimate security interests can only be guaranteed through the firm linkage between Europe and North America. We call upon the Soviet Union to respect our legitimate security interests as we respect theirs. ‘We are determined to ensure security on the basis of a balance of forces at the lo ...
... us. Our legitimate security interests can only be guaranteed through the firm linkage between Europe and North America. We call upon the Soviet Union to respect our legitimate security interests as we respect theirs. ‘We are determined to ensure security on the basis of a balance of forces at the lo ...
cold war history
... During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) fought together as allies against the Axis powers. However, the relationship between the two nations was very tense. Americans had been nervous about Soviet communism. They were also worried about Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical, blood- ...
... During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) fought together as allies against the Axis powers. However, the relationship between the two nations was very tense. Americans had been nervous about Soviet communism. They were also worried about Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical, blood- ...
Cold War: Superpowers Face Off
... A major goal of the Soviet Union was to shield itself from another invasion from the west. Centuries of history had taught the Soviets to fear invasion. Because it lacked natural western borders, Russia fell victim to each of its neighbors in turn. In the 17th century, the Poles captured the Kremlin ...
... A major goal of the Soviet Union was to shield itself from another invasion from the west. Centuries of history had taught the Soviets to fear invasion. Because it lacked natural western borders, Russia fell victim to each of its neighbors in turn. In the 17th century, the Poles captured the Kremlin ...
Lecture One: Why was There a Cold War?
... his foreign policy, more hostile to communism and much less experienced in foreign affairs. ...
... his foreign policy, more hostile to communism and much less experienced in foreign affairs. ...
Cairo, Egypt- November 1943
... • Promises to Chiang Kai-shek are broken when Allies concede Manchuria and territories lost in Russo-Japanese war to Soviet Union. • Agreement to partition Germany into occupation zones. • Agree to form the United Nations- a permanent international organization for collective security. • Stalin prom ...
... • Promises to Chiang Kai-shek are broken when Allies concede Manchuria and territories lost in Russo-Japanese war to Soviet Union. • Agreement to partition Germany into occupation zones. • Agree to form the United Nations- a permanent international organization for collective security. • Stalin prom ...
Cold War - Sansgaard
... United States- rights to form political parties, right of assembly, of speech, and of the press Soviet Union- No right to form political parties, right of speech, assembly, and press No compromise between them because the governments ...
... United States- rights to form political parties, right of assembly, of speech, and of the press Soviet Union- No right to form political parties, right of speech, assembly, and press No compromise between them because the governments ...
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).Historians have not fully agreed on the dates, but 1947–1991 is common. It was termed as ""cold"" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars, known as proxy wars, in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan that the two sides supported. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences: the former being a single-party Marxist–Leninist state operating planned economy and controlled press while professing state atheism and owning exclusively the right to establish and govern communities, and the latter being a capitalist state with generally free elections and press, which also granted freedom of religion and freedom of association to its citizens. A self-proclaimed neutral bloc arose with the Non-Aligned Movement founded by Egypt, India, Indonesia and Yugoslavia; this faction rejected association with either the US-led West or the Soviet-led East. The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat but they each armed heavily in preparation for a possible all-out nuclear world war. Each side had a nuclear deterrent that deterred an attack by the other side, on the basis that such an attack would lead to total destruction of the attacker: the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Aside from the development of the two sides' nuclear arsenals, and deployment of conventional military forces, the struggle for dominance was expressed via proxy wars around the globe, psychological warfare, massive propaganda campaigns and espionage, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.The first phase of the Cold War began in the first two years after the end of the Second World War in 1945. The USSR consolidated its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc while the United States began a strategy of global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe (for example, supporting the anti-Communist side in the Greek Civil War) and creating the NATO alliance. The Berlin Blockade (1948–49) was the first major crisis of the Cold War.With victory of the Communist side in the Chinese Civil War and the outbreak of the Korean War (1950–53), the conflict expanded. The USSR and USA competed for influence in Latin America and decolonizing states of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was stopped by the Soviets. The expansion and escalation sparked more crises, such as the Suez Crisis (1956), the Berlin Crisis of 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Following this last crisis a new phase began that saw the Sino-Soviet split complicate relations within the Communist sphere while US allies, particularly France, demonstrated greater independence of action. The USSR crushed the 1968 Prague Spring liberalization program in Czechoslovakia, and the Vietnam War (1955–1975) ended with a defeat of the US-backed Republic of South Vietnam, prompting further adjustments.By the 1970s, both sides had become interested in accommodations to create a more stable and predictable international system, inaugurating a period of détente that saw Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the US opening relations with the People's Republic of China as a strategic counterweight to the Soviet Union. Détente collapsed at the end of the decade with the Soviet war in Afghanistan beginning in 1979.The early 1980s were another period of elevated tension, with the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983), and the ""Able Archer"" NATO military exercises (1983). The United States increased diplomatic, military, and economic pressures on the Soviet Union, at a time when the communist state was already suffering from economic stagnation. In the mid-1980s, the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the liberalizing reforms of perestroika (""reorganization"", 1987) and glasnost (""openness"", c. 1985) and ended Soviet involvement in Afghanistan. Pressures for national independence grew stronger in Eastern Europe, especially Poland. Gorbachev meanwhile refused to use Soviet troops to bolster the faltering Warsaw Pact regimes as had occurred in the past. The result in 1989 was a wave of revolutions that peacefully (with the exception of the Romanian Revolution) overthrew all of the Communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union itself lost control and was banned following an abortive coup attempt in August 1991. This in turn led to the formal dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 and the collapse of Communist regimes in other countries such as Mongolia, Cambodia and South Yemen. The United States remained as the world's only superpower.The Cold War and its events have left a significant legacy, and it is often referred to in popular culture, especially in media featuring themes of espionage (such as the internationally successful James Bond film series) and the threat of nuclear warfare.