Alliances of the Cold War 1949-1955

1. Alliances of the Cold War1949-1955

2. Nuclear Bomb • 1949-Soviet Union Tests their 1st Atomic Bomb • The world is now faced with possibility of complete NUCLEAR WARFARE

3. U.S. seeks alliances to deal with Soviets Berlin Airlift & Development of Nuclear Bomb raises Cold War tension

4. NATO • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) • Alliances with other countries • Promised to protect NATO members with armed forces • U.S., Canada & 10 western nations: • Great Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy.

5. Warsaw Pact [1955] • Soviets form Warsaw Pact • Response to threat of NATO • Pledge to defend each other • Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria

6. NATO Countries Warsaw Countries

7. The World In 1955 • Two Super Powers • Nuclear Capability • Two Ideologies: • Communism vs. Democracy • Each attempt to limit growth: • Each side trying to stop the spread of communism or democracy

8. Brinkmanship • A willingness to go to the edge of War • Example: Cuban Missile Crisis • Each side began producing stockpiles of Nuclear Arms • Became known as the ARMS RACE

9. U.S.A Soviet Union • Democracy Communism • NATO Warsaw • Marshall Plan Molotov Plan • Containment Iron Curtain

10. 1910

11. 1920

12. 1950

13. 1970

14. Conflicts of Cold War • Korean War – (1950 - 1953) • Ends with a divided Korea (communist in North) • Cuban Revolution – (1959) • Ends with a communist Cuba • Vietnam War – (1960 - 1973) • Ends with a communist Vietnam • U-2 Incident – (1960) • Soviets shot down a U.S. spy plane • Cuban Missile Crisis – (1962) • U.S. & Soviets go to edge of Nuclear War

15. U-2 Incident

16. The NEW risk of WAR