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The Cold War

The Cold War. Discussion Q’s– Need a Sheet of Paper. What was the role of the USSR in WWII? What were the effects of WWII on the USSR? Why did the USSR fear the West / U.S.? Why was the West / U.S. afraid of the USSR?. Soviet Distrust of the West. Western Opposition to Bolsheviks.

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The Cold War

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  1. The Cold War

  2. Discussion Q’s– Need a Sheet of Paper What was the role of the USSR in WWII? What were the effects of WWII on the USSR? Why did the USSR fear the West / U.S.? Why was the West / U.S. afraid of the USSR?

  3. Soviet Distrust of the West

  4. Western Opposition to Bolsheviks • In 1919, Russia’s former World War I allies (Britain, France and the United States) joined the "White Russians" to fight off the Bolsheviks following the revolution. 

  5. Disregard for Soviet Diplomatic Goals • USSR was not invited to Paris Peace Conference in 1919 or to join the League of Nations

  6. Soviet Annexation of Eastern Poland during WWII (Made Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler)

  7. Nuremburg Trials

  8. From the carcass of Germany From occupation to… extended occupation. The political divisions put into place. Churchill, FDR and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four occupation zones.

  9. Organize!

  10. Berlin Blockade • Stalin responded on June 24 by attempting to force the western allies out of Berlin altogether. • He cut off rail and road access to the western side of the city.

  11. ‘48-49 Berlin Blockade The Soviets get the bomb and try to siege Berlin Airlift to the rescue!

  12. Berlin Airlift • June 1948 - May 1949, the Western Allies mounted an airlift supply blockaded areas. • On May 12, 1949 Stalin lifted the blockade and the Cold War was underway. • Video 5 min

  13. 1961: A Wall Goes up in Berlin

  14. ‘48 Marshal Tito defies USSR

  15. ‘55 Warsaw Pact

  16. Soviet Development of Atomic Bomb • The Soviets were not far behind the US in developing the atomic bomb and accomplished it in 1949

  17. The Arms Race • Once the Soviet Union successfully tested the atomic bomb, the arms race was on. • MAD (mutually assured destruction) was designed to keep both sides from "pushing the button," by giving both sides equality in "kill power."

  18. Definition of “Cold War” “A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.” - Oxford Dictionary

  19. ‘50-53 Korea: Good thing that’s over

  20. ‘53 Death of Josef Stalin

  21. ’53 Nikita Kruschev He won’t bury you

  22. ‘56 Hungarian Uprising

  23. ‘57 Space Race Begins!

  24. But we all know how that ends ‘Merica!

  25. Rest of Kreschev’sreign: not so great Bay of Pigs, U2, Cuban Missile Crisis

  26. U-2 Reconnaissance Flights • The United States U-2 reconaissance flights photographed the sites under construction.

  27. The Cuban Missile Crisis • In 1962, Fidel Castro of Cuba gave permission to the Soviet Union to build missile bases in Cuba. Fidel Castro and Nikita Khruschev

  28. The Response: A Blockade of Cuba • President Kennedy's advisers were divided on the best course of action. • Many wanted an air strike to take out the missiles; others wanted a blockade.

  29. Brinkmanship: The World on the Brink of War • The world held its breath as the Soviet ships approached the blockade. Many feared that this was "it," the long awaited and much feared nuclear war.

  30. Missiles Were Removed from Cuba • After a series of telegrams between Khruschev and Kennedy and a secret promise to remove American missiles in Turkey offered by Robert Kennedy, war was avoided, and the missiles were removed from Cuba.

  31. ‘64 Leonid Brezhnev

  32. ‘65 Vietnam

  33. ‘68 Prague Spring

  34. ‘72 Détente: Peaceful Coexistence One thing Nixon did right: SALTs I & II, the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Convention

  35. ‘79 Thatcher: the Manliest PM BFFL’s

  36. ‘82-85ABC’s of Dead Russian Leaders Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov roflmao, commies! Nikolai Tikonov Konstantin Chernyenko

  37. ‘85 Gorbachev: the Real Hero He did more for freedom & ending the Cold War than Rocky movies ever did It’s called a liver spot.

  38. The Wall comes down

  39. Sweet Freedom Spreads Thanks in part to the greatest Pope ever.

  40. Boris Yeltsin When he wasn’t giving money & power to his friends, he was accidentally freeing nations and drinking a lot of vodka.

  41. FREEDOM

  42. And nothing bad ever happened in Russia again.

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