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26:1 Origins of the Cold War. U.S. v. U.S.S.R. Democracy/Capitalism v. Communism Nonaggression Pact Delay in Western Europe Attack Atomic Bomb. United Nations. Founded in 1948 where nations can meet to negotiate peaceful solutions to problems. Harry S. Truman 33 rd President.
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U.S. v. U.S.S.R • Democracy/Capitalism v. Communism • Nonaggression Pact • Delay in Western Europe Attack • Atomic Bomb
United Nations Founded in 1948 where nations can meet to negotiate peaceful solutions to problems.
Harry S. Truman33rd President • FDR April 12, 1945 • Was not kept “up to speed” by FDR • Decisive “The Buck Stops Here!”
Truman v. Stalin over Eastern Europe • Democracy and Free elections in Eastern Europe • Free access to Eastern Europe’s raw materials • Free trade with Eastern Europe • Communist Control of Eastern Europe • Wants to control Eastern Europe and exploit their natural resources for the benefit of the USSR
Potsdam ConferenceBig Three: Stalin, Churchill, Truman • Stalin agrees to free trade and open elections in Eastern Europe…He lied!
Stalin creates Satellite Nations • Buffer zone • Sphere of influence • Raw materials/market for goods
Truman Doctrine-Containment! • Don’t let Greece go Red! • $400 million in aid.
Marshall Plan • Conditions in Europe • 1947 Secretary of State George Marshall • $13 billion to 16 countries • Western Europe and US economies flourished
German Reunification • Allies combine western zones • Berlin blockade
Berlin Airlift • Operation Vittles • Stats • Supplies • effects
Federal Republic of GermanyWest Germany German Democratic Republic East Germany
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization • Defensive military alliance • U.S. peacetime military alliance
China • U.S. Chiang Kai-shek/ Nationalists • weaknesses
China • U.S.S.R. Mao Zedong/ Communists • strengths
China’s Civil War • U.S. sent $3 billion-no troops-Containment fails! • 2 Chinas • Nationalist China-Taiwan • People’s Republic of China
South KoreaRepublic of Korea • U.S. occupied south of 38th parallel • Seoul
North KoreaPeople’s Republic of Korea • USSR-north of 38th parallel • Kim Il sung • Pyongyang
Korean War 1950-1953 • June 25, 1950 North invades South • United Nations • Soviet Veto? • General MacArthur-US led UN Coalition
Northern Advances • Cross 38th • Take Seoul • Push to Pusan
MacArthur’s Counterattack • Inchon Landing • Push north from Pusan • Trapped ½ north Korean army • N. Korean army retreats across 38th
UN/US troops advance into North Korea • Cross the 38th?? • Push to the Yalu River
China enters Korean War • 300,000 cross the Yalu • Push UN/US back across the 38th • Seoul • Who is fighting who???
1951 Stalemate • General Mac Arthur’s plan to end the stalemate-attack China • Blockade • Nukes • Invasion • Implications
MacArthur v. Truman • Limited war in Korea • No war against China • MacArthur undermines Truman’s authority • MacArthur fired • “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”
Armistice in Korea • 38th parallel • DMZ at the 38th • Costs • 54,000 • $67 billion • Success????
North v. South Korea today South: 48 million 27,700/year 57 TV stations 300,000 internet hosts North: 22 million 1,800/year 4 TV stations 3 internet hosts
United States of America 307 million $47,500 2,218 TV stations 383 million internet hosts