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Cold War “Eras”

Cold War “Eras”. 1945-1946. 1) Post-WWII Conferences to the Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc Yalta, 1945 Potsdam, 1945 Soviet control of Eastern Europe, 1945 - Iron curtain speech, 1946. 1947-1953. 2) Containment to Korean War Truman Doctrine, 1947

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Cold War “Eras”

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  1. Cold War “Eras”

  2. 1945-1946 • 1) Post-WWII Conferences to the Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc • Yalta, 1945 • Potsdam, 1945 • Soviet control of Eastern Europe, 1945 - • Iron curtain speech, 1946

  3. 1947-1953 • 2) Containment to Korean War • Truman Doctrine, 1947 • Czechoslovakia brought under Soviet control, 1948 • Marshall Plan, 1949-51 • Berlin Blockade, 1948-49 • Israel created, 1948 • Soviets detonate atomic bomb, 1949 • NATO created, 1949 • Korean War, 1950-53

  4. 1953-1962 • 3) Crisis and Escalation • Nikita Khrushchev comes to power, 1953 • “peaceful coexistence” • De-Stalinization, 1956 • Warsaw Pact created, 1955 • Hungarian revolt crushed, 1956 • Sputnik launched, 1957 • U2 spy plane shot down, 1960 • Berlin Wall built, 1961 • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

  5. 1962-1979 • Confrontation through Détente • Vietnam War • Brezhnev Doctrine/Prague Spring • Nixon visits China 1972 • SALT Talks • Detente

  6. 1979-1989 • The 2nd Cold War • Invasion of Afghanistan by USSR, 1979 • US Boycott of Moscow Olympics • Arms race, “Star Wars” • Reagan, Thatcher, Pope JPII • Gorbachev comes to power 1985 • Perestroika • Glasnost • Eastern Europe • Poland – Solidarity – 1980s, Lech Walesa • Hungary/East Germany border issues, Fall of Wall 1989 • Romania • Czechoslovakia – Velvet Revolution

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