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Which of the following statements do you most agree with? ( why or why not??????) A. Nations should develop nuclear weapons to strengthen their defense. B. Nations should develop nuclear weapons only if their enemies have them. C. Nations should agree with their enemies to ban nuclear weapons, as their potential for destruction outweighs their benefits for defense D. Nations should not develop nuclear weapons, even if their enemies have them. The Cold War 19451991 Cold War • The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence. Origins of the Cold War • • • • U.S.-Soviet Relations to 1945 Allies in World War II Postwar Cooperation – the U.N Satellite States in Eastern Europe • Occupation Zones in Germany • Iron Curtain Roots of the Cold War • Philosophical differences between the Soviet Union and the United States reached back to the 1920s. Philosophical Differences • Soviet Union: communism, totalitarian dictatorship • United States: free-enterprise capitalism, republic • Allies during the war, but not truly friends World War II • Soviets wanted British and Americans to open a second European front earlier in the war. Conflicts • U.S. atomic bomb plans worried Soviet Union. Postwar Conflicts • The Soviet Union refused to let Eastern Europe hold elections as promised at Yalta. • The United States resisted Soviet expansion. coldwar •Uneasy peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. •Competition for world dominance and global power. •Fought on political and economic fronts rather than on military battlefields---------Even though the threat of war was always present. •Defined America’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1989. •It affected domestic politics and how Americans viewed the world and themselves. •Constant state of military preparedness and arms race Propaganda war----Democracy vs Communism US policy: Support nations threatened by Communism N A T O Communistic Warsaw Pact Communistic Warsaw Pact The Bi-Polarization of Europe: map/cold war The Beginning of the Cold War 1950’s Democracy vs. Communism Bi-Polarization of the World US, Allied Nations and Allied colonies. Soviet Union/China and Allies…….. The Cold War: Roots of the Conflict Soviet Expansion: · The Soviet Union occupied most of Eastern Europe by the end of World War II. Satellite State When a nation is under the control of another. Ex. Part of Germany was under the control of the Soviet Union. Other examples: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria The “Iron Curtain” From Stettin in the Balkans, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lies the ancient capitals of Central and Eastern Europe. -- Sir Winston Churchill, 1946 Truman Doctrine [1947] 1. Civil War in Greece. 2. Turkey under pressure from the USSR for concessions in the Dardanelles. 3. The U. S. should support free peoples throughout the world who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities or outside pressures…We must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. 4. The U.S. gave Greece & Turkey $400 million in aid. Marshall Plan [1948] 1. “European Recovery Program.” 2. Secretary of State, George Marshall 3. The U. S. should provide aid to all European nations that need it. This move is not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. 4. $12.5 billion of US aid to Western Europe extended to Eastern Europe & USSR, [but this was rejected]. * The U.S. gave over $12 billion in aid to European countries between 1948 and 1952, helping to improve their economies and lessen the chance of communist revolutions. map/cold war 1950’s Containment: Stop the expansion of Communism in Asia and Europe US, Allied Nations and Allied colonies. Soviet Union/China and Allies…….. Soviet Union 1918 Berlin Blockade 19478 Eastern Europe 1946 China 1949 Korean War 1950 to 1953 CONTAINMENT Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO Korean War Communist Expansion A Chronology of Events Focus on Berlin • After World War II, Germany was divided into four zones, occupied by French, British, American, and Soviet troops. Occupation zones after 1945. Berlin is the multinational area within the Soviet zone. Soviet blockade: East Berlin West Germany East Germany West Berlin · In June of 1948, the French, British and American zones were joined into the nation of West Germany after the Soviets refused to end their occupation of Germany. · In response, the Soviets cut off West Berlin from the rest of the world with a blockade. Eventual site of the Berlin Wall Berlin Airlift · President Truman decided to avoid the blockade by flying in food and other supplies to the needy people of West Berlin. · At times, over 5,000 tons of supplies arrived daily. The Crisis in Berlin Soviets Bloc Traffic The Berlin Airlift • In June 1948 the Soviets announced that they would block any road, rail, or river traffic into West Berlin. • British and American planes began making deliveries to West Berlin. • West Berlin’s residents were cut off from food, coal, and other products. • West Berlin was not completely cutoff because it had airstrips. NATO Forms • In 1949 the U.S. and 6 other nations joined Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the U.K. to form NATO. • The Berlin Airlift continued for • An armed attack months and against one would be months. considered an attack • Finally, the Soviet Union lifted its blockade on May 12, 1949. against all. • Today, 26 countries belong to NATO. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization • In 1949 the western nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to co- ordinate their defense against USSR. •It originally consisted of: –America –Belgium –Britain –Canada –Denmark –France –Holland –Italy –Luxembourg –Norway –Portugal •. Warsaw Pact (1955) Soviet Union and satellite states rival alliance to NATO } U. S. S. R. } East Germany } Albania } Hungary } Bulgaria } Poland } Czechoslovakia } Rumania NATO Mao Tse Tung •Mao Tse Tung, defeats Chang Kai Shek in the Chinese Civil War….. •China became a communistic country. •Chang Kai Shak is exiled to Taiwan. •Mao Tse Tung becomes the Communistic leader of China. •US believed there was a communistic plot to rule the world NATO Chang Kai Shek