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THE COLD WAR: 1945-1991

THE COLD WAR: 1945-1991. INTENSE COMPETITION/RIVALRY FOR WORLD SUPREMACY BETWEEN 2 SUPERPOWERS. EACH SUPERPOWER REPRESENTS AN IDEOLOGY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THE OTHER. FRIENDS IN 2 WORLD WARS. THERE WAS NO DIRECT ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL ARMIES . FORMS OF FIGHTING:.

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THE COLD WAR: 1945-1991

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  1. THE COLD WAR: 1945-1991 • INTENSE COMPETITION/RIVALRY FOR WORLD • SUPREMACY BETWEEN 2 SUPERPOWERS

  2. EACH SUPERPOWER REPRESENTS AN IDEOLOGY • DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THE OTHER • FRIENDS IN 2 WORLD WARS • THERE WAS NO DIRECT ARMED CONFLICT • BETWEEN THE NATIONAL ARMIES

  3. FORMS OF FIGHTING: • PROPAGANDA/OLYMPIC GAMES • FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC AID • MILITARY ALLIANCE/ESPIONAGE • U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL VETO • SUBSTITUTE/PROXY WARS • ARMS RACE • SPACE RACE

  4. FORMS OF FIGHTING: • PROPAGANDA/OLYMPIC GAMES

  5. FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC AID: European Economic Recovery • or the ___________________________ • prevent commie spread • stabilize international order STRENGTH FOR THE FREE WORLD- FROM THE USA

  6. MILITARY ALLIANCE/ESPIONAGE

  7. THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN THE COLD WAR: KEY FACTS CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE USE OF THE VETO IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/102/32810.html

  8. LONG TERM ANDIMMEDIATE CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR DISTRUST DISAGREEMENT AT YALTA AND AT POTSDAM USSR ON USA 1918 -1921 CIVIL WAR 1941-1942 OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1945 ATOM BOMB USA ON USSR 1917 BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION 1939 PACT WITH HITLER 1945 WW2 ACTIONS

  9. YALTA CONFERENCE FACTS • BIG 3 : FDR of US Josef Stalin of USSR Winston Churchill of GB • Location: Black Sea Resort in the Crimea, USSR • Date: Feb. 1945

  10. PRE- YALTA CONFERENCES: • CASABLANCA CONFERENCE: Jan 1943: Stalin’s demand of an opening of a second • front • US & British chiefs of staff announcement: unconditional surrender of Axis • Significance of policy/importance of policy: • US & British resolve to eliminate Germany “hang in there, Russia” • crush Hitler’s hopes for peaceful negotiations • http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/ideas/ • portfolio/hoag/hoag.html

  11. TEHRAN CONFERENCE: Nov - Dec. 1943= first mtg. of THE BIG 3 • Discussions about OVERLORD, USSR opening the Eastern Front • USSR to declare war on Japan--- territorial exchange • Issues about Eastern Europe and Germany • Ideas about an international body: the UN

  12. YALTA (DIS)AGREEMENTS • Governments in countries bordering USSR will be “friendly” to Russia • Soviets will allow free elections • Issue about Polish govt. • Voting in the Security Council of the UN • http://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/

  13. POTSDAM CONFERENCE: July-Aug 1945 in Germany • Settlement of the German and Polish questions • 4 occupation zones readjusted • reparations by zones territories/boundaries • demilitarization land from Germany • denazification

  14. Potsdam Declaration : for Japan • Council of Ministers: peace treaties • Info on THE WEAPON

  15. Control by Turkey of Turkish Straits

  16. WAS STALIN WORKING FOR A SAFER SOVIET UNION?

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