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The Cold War 1945 - 1960

The Cold War 1945 - 1960. 1914. 1937. 1942. 1970. Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Aug. - Oct 1944. China G.B. U.S.A. U.S.S.R. France. Charter for a new multi-national organization. Yalta Conference. Demands the unconditional surrender of Japan

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The Cold War 1945 - 1960

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  1. The Cold War 1945 - 1960

  2. 1914

  3. 1937

  4. 1942

  5. 1970

  6. Dumbarton Oaks Conference Aug. - Oct 1944 China G.B. U.S.A. U.S.S.R. France Charter for a new multi-national organization Yalta Conference • Demands the unconditional surrender of Japan • Plans for dividing Germany into 4 zones of occupation • Reorganize the Polish Lublin govt. on a broader basis

  7. Potsdam Conference July 17 - Aug. 2, 1945 Transferred the chief authority in Germany to the Russian, American,British, French military commanders in their respective zones Outlawed National Socialism andabolishedNazi ideology Decentralize German economy and break up monopolies Ultimatum to Japan: unconditional surrender or total destruction

  8. Iron Curtain "From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic Speech - March 5, 1946

  9. Post WW II

  10. Truman Doctrine - Greece & Turkey - support people fighting subjugation - use financial aid to promote economic stability 1947

  11. TrumanDoctrine1947 To combat totalitarian regimes worldwide. $400 million in aid to be delivered to Greece and Turkey, both of which President Truman suspected were threatened by possible communist insurrections. U.S. troops sent to administer the postwar reconstruction. containment

  12. Marshall Plan 1948-1952 "yankee imperialism" $13 billion aid for Europe and Soviet Union

  13. Marshall Plan June 1947 - applying Truman Doctrine to W. Europe - stable economies equal democratic institutions

  14. China - falls 1949 1949 Nationalists v. 1946 Communists Leaders? - Soviets & a warm water port - 1946 Iran Support?

  15. Containment Policy Soviet communism expansionary secretive and intl. network Soviet Union using a "Contain Soviet expansion to the sphere it controlled as on 1947

  16. Berlin Airlift April 1948 - May 1949 June 1948 - Sept. 1949 June, 1948 all traffic passing through USSR zone searched . June traffic stopped

  17. SUPPLY

  18. The Royal Air Force lost: 18 airmen killed 15 RAF personnel 1 army sergeant 1 Royal Australian Air Force pilot 1 South African Air Force flying officer. The British civil airlift lost: 21 men. U.S. losses: totaled 31 men: 22 U.S. Air Force pilots 6 U.S. Air Force airmen 1 U.S. navy petty officer 1 U.S. Army private 1 civilian. 13 German civilians perished Berlin Airlift Casualties

  19. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization U.S. signs the North Atlantic Treaty April, 1949 NATO Member States (16)Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, France

  20. NATO"S First Supreme Allied Commander Europe Allied Powers First HQ

  21. PACT WARSAW 1955 - 1991

  22. The Korean War 1950 - 1953

  23. Korean War North - communist South - democratic 38th Parallel Temporary govts. established Main Allies North 1. 2. South

  24. INVASION! June 25, 1950 Truman pledges support! 6/27/50

  25. Pusan Perimeter - furthest NK advance - August 1950

  26. Inchon Landing - Sept. 15, 1950

  27. The Truce! July 1953 Is it the end??

  28. Massive Retaliation “massive capability to strike back against any aggression that is needed.” Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower Jan. 7, 1954 John Foster Dulles Brinksmanship

  29. Ike on the Domino theory • “…you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the "falling domino" principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have a beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.”

  30. Eisenhower Doctrine 1957 INDOCHINA HOT SPOTS! Revolts in Poland & Hungary 1954 CUBA 1956 1958 - 1959

  31. Stand up, Hungarians, your country calls.    The time for now or never falls.     Are we to live as slaves or free?     Choose one. This is our destiny!     By the God of all the Magyars, we swear.     We swear never again the chains to bear.

  32. U-2 Crisis U2 Photos

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