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This video explores the Cold War and its impact on the world, highlighting the post-war goals of the United States and the Soviet Union, the division of the world, alliances such as NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and key events like the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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COLD WARhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL3lJfpenAc – Burning Hearthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg-Q-Acv4qs - Nikita ONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II: UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLet_aHMHbMNikita
COLD WAR ONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II: UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION • The US post-war goals: • ... encourage the growth of democracy • ... gain access to European markets • ... rebuild Europe • ... reunite Germany
COLD WAR ONLY TWO WINNERS IN WORLD WAR II: UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION • The US post-war goals: • ... encourage the growth of democracy • ... gain access to European markets • ... rebuild Europe • ... reunite Germany • The USSR post-war goals: • … control eastern Europe • … encourage the growth of communism • … rebuild the USSR • … keep Germany divided
COLD WAR The Cold War divided the world in half • Those allied with the US • Those allied with the USSR (Soviet Union)
“Containment” not allowing communism spread 1946
“Containment” not allowing communism spread 1946 “Iron Curtain” had fallen across Europe – Winston Churchill, 1946
Marshall Plan American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II To prevent the spread of Soviet Communism
Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine March 12, 1947 - American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. Would lead to the formation of NATO American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II To prevent the spread of Soviet Communism
GermanyBerlin Blockade and Airlift1948 - 49 the Soviet Union blocked the railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control Their aim was to become the supplier of food, fuel, and aid to Berlin
United Nations Founded in order to avoid conflict. United States, Soviet Union, China, France, and Great Britain Permanent seats with veto power Security Council decides on peace keeping operations
United Nations http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ Today the United Nations has expanded: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights “a common standard of Achievement…”
COLD WAR ALLIANCES NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949 Western Democratic nations allied with one another to provided collective security.
COLD WAR ALLIANCES NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization western Democratic nations allied with one another and provided collective security. Warsaw Pact 1955 USSR and its allies’ answer to NATO United the communist countries of Eastern Europe
Arms Race “Brinkmanship” • Trim the Army and Navy • Expand the Air Force • Buildup of nuclear bombs The Soviet Union followed suit
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War The Berlin Wall (Germany) • Germans were escaping the Communist East • Nikita Khrushchev wanted to stop the flood of people • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YE-N448fg
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War The Berlin Wall (Germany) • Germans were escaping the Communist East • Nikita Khrushchev wanted to stop the flood of people • 1961 - The Berlin Wallwas constructed • It became the symbol of Communist oppression
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis October, 1962 Soviet Union begins to move nuclear missiles into Cuba the Decision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8SBlx9P9I&list=PLiPRACaAuyBfLM9GsfHDQ16SJAtgqWdOF&index=2 F-8 Fighters take pictureshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSNLeC-eMUQ&index=2&list=PLiPRACaAuyBfLM9GsfHDQ16SJAtgqWdOF
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis October, 1962 Soviet Union begins to move nuclear missiles into Cuba Kennedy tells Khrushchev and Fidel Castro (Cuba) to remove them…or else.
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis October, 1962 After 13 days the USSR began to remove the missiles The United States and the Soviet Union were hours away from Nuclear War.
“Duck and Cover” Fall Out Shelters
Cold War Music U.S. SansalvadoreBullet the Blue Sky –U2 originally written about the United States' military intervention during the 1980s in the Salvadoran Civil War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tgpdPasNA Cold War Events "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel Its lyrics include brief, rapid-fire allusions to more than 100 headline events between 1949, the year of Joel's birth, and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The song was also a No. 1 hit in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g