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The Cold War: A Historical Overview

Explore the significant events, alliances, and strategies of the Cold War era from Yalta to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Understand the key players, rules of engagement, and global impact of this ideological conflict between Democracy/Capitalism and Communism. Discover how the UN and strategic treaties shaped the post-WWII world.

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The Cold War: A Historical Overview

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  1. Getting close to the end: Yalta Conference: The Big Three discuss their role in a post WWII Europe Potsdam Conference: Final plans for Europe + Germany are put into action

  2. G.I. Bill Helps returning soldiers!!!! 1. Free hospital care… 2.Grants and loans to pay for college/ housing and businesses!!!

  3. United Nations Created to make sure this thing (war) never happens again. Every country can join Military matters are turned over to the Secrurity Council…U.S. Britain. France China. U.S.S.R…two more members

  4. United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt helps pass the: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1948

  5. Welcome to the Cold War Let’s go beat those communist *&%^%# COLD WAR means that it is not a full blown, shoot’em up aggressive world war…..in a COLD WAR you take breaks…..fight it out in THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES… rather than the “home”turf” of your enemy. Democracy/ Capitalism vs. Communism for control of the world 1945-1991

  6. Cold War Terms Red Scare: a feeling in the UNITED STATES where people feel that communism “may” take over…paranoia. Containment: foreign policy of the United States to STOP the spread of Communism where ever possible. Marshall Plan:United States policy of “rebuilding” Europe after WWII TRUMAN DOCTRINE:United States will provided aid to anyone/country who want to fight communism.

  7. Remember Stalin has already started to spread “his” brand of Communism through EASTERN Europe?

  8. In every war there are rules you have to “fight” by. The COLD WAR is no exception

  9. BOOM!!!! You can kill women and kids. World War II You can use nuclear weapons Can’t use chemical gas

  10. PLEASE,PLEASE revert to rule number one!!! RULE NUMBER ONE AVOID WORLD WAR III MUTALTLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION (aka…end of the world) CAN WE USE NUKES? Rules of the Cold War… RULE NUMBER THREE: If a nation is on the verge of collapse/revolution…it is fair game….communist governments or democratic governments can send them cash, food, weapons, to influence that country to go democratic or communist. RULE NUMBER FOUR: You can send in troops….but be very very careful not to violate rule number 1 RULE NUMBER TWO: A communist country cannot invade an already democratic nation. And a democratic nation cannot invade an already communist nation.

  11. The democratic alliance is called NATO NORTH Well, the Cold WAR has Them too. Hey you guys remember the WWI alliance systems? ATLANTIC Essentially its all the non-communist countries The map of Europe looks like this now Now the Communist Have an alliance system too It is called the Warsaw Pact TREATY ORGANIZATION

  12. Notice where NATO is, And then the WARSAW PACT countries

  13. We fly planes in to BERLIN over the tanks and supply the German people with food and stuff “We” respond with the BERLIN AIRLIFT Joe Stalin cut off gas, electricity, water to Berlin and surrounds with it tanks. The first area of conflict is gonna Be in the city of Berlin!!!! WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!! Stalin 0 Good Guys 1 USA!!!! USA!!!!!

  14. Man,…..what if this communist Crud starts to spread through-out Asia…… WE GOT TA CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THIS So what we’re trying to tell you is Keep in mind that Russia is Communist and so now is China Those countries could fall just like DOMINOS

  15. Turkey and Greece almost fall to the Communists but we send them money and stuff to help them. Man that TRUMAN DOCTRINE Really works

  16. Here comes the United Nations To the rescue Hey Mao? What if we stop the war where it Started? At the 38 Parallel? COMMUNIST CHINA Don’t make me get Involved here!!! Um….dude…..you’re Getting’ kinda close… Hi, remember me Mr.. Handsome 1954 The Korean War/Conflict…..America’s Forgotten War. Yeh, that’s cool with Mao NORTH KOREA (COMMUNIST) SOUTH KOREA DEMOCRATIC 38 PARRALELL

  17. So we CONATINED The spread of communism? Sweet. So the war started and ended At the same place?

  18. The Vietnam Conflict/War America’s most misunderstood conflict

  19. Hey…they’re split, just like Korea, and Germany Ha-ha NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNIST 17TH PARALELL SOUTH VIETNAM DEMOCRATIC “SORT OF"

  20. You got it man we’ll come help fight those bad communists The South Vietnamese ask the US to help fight the Viet Cong (communist terrorists) who are from South V. Crash Course in the Vietnam conflict. Wait a minute….where the %#*& is Vietnam? The SV don’t pick it up so we have to send in real US troops until the SV troops are ready…the American people might not like this until. HELP US, WE CAN’T WIN AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS We send “advisors” to “help” the South Vietnamese learn how to fight.

  21. How "ooze" into Vietnam The U.S.S. Maddox is “supposedly” fired upon by the North Vietnamese

  22. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Congress then gives L.B.J the authority to run the war as he sees fit….they give him a “blank check” Let’s roll!!! Congress has given the President unprecedented control of the military…because this is not really a “declared war”

  23. Hi, my name is Ho Chi Mihn Yeah yeah my first name is Ho…..ha, ha funny funny I am a Vietnamese Nationalist And I supply the VC with weapons Using a trail that goes through “neutral” countries. Good luck in stopping that!!! The VC are being supplied by North Vietnam by the Ho Chi Mihn trail. See, if the US goes into Those places, they Violate what rule?

  24. 1. The VietCong is hard to find. They don’t wear uniforms, and could be anybody, even little kids Major league problems about the Vietnam Conflict. 2. The US can’t invade NV….(violation of RULE 1)….but, we CAN bomb them from the air. 3. The war has no glorious victories, like NORMANDY, MIDWAY or the BULGE. The war goes on and on and on, without a clear cut end and people in the US get “upset” at the cost and lives. By 1968 the American people have had enough and want out of Vietnam.

  25. So if ya want to split hairs here..it was the SV who lost the war in Vietnam… not us. We leave in 1973…..we stopped communism from spreading into SV. We tell the SV that we leaving and it is their turn to fight the Communists…. VIETNAMIZATION In 1975 NV invades South and turns all of Vietnam communist 58,202

  26. To make sure this never happens again!!! Congress passes the: War Powers Act The President must within 48 hours inform Congress of a military action The President has 90 days to convince Congress that the deployment is “good” or he or she has to bring them home.

  27. So now that we are done Talking about the Cold War in Asia Let’s talk about something Closer to home Latin America!!!!

  28. How scary is that for the US having a communist country 90 miles away. Am I sweet or what? Hi my name is Fidel Castro I essentially Have a revolution in Cuba and turn the island communist.

  29. So we “sponsor” an invasion Of Cuba to get it back At the BAY OF PIGS USA ARE YOU KIDING ME? INVADING MY COUNTRY? DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE MESSIN’ WITH? The US hates having Castro in Cuba I’M CALLIN’ THE RUSSIANS AND GETTIN’ SOME NUKES It fails, and Castro is not happy

  30. We find out the Russians have put nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy demands the missiles be taken out and blocks Cuba with our navy The Russian’s in the last second turn their boats around…. weeks later they remove the missiles….. WWIII is avoided The Russians refuse and say the are sending more missiles….. confrontation or WWIII looks like it’s gonna happen THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS OCTOBER 1962

  31. My group is called SANDINISTAS We fight democratic rebels called CONTRAS, helped By the US Other notable Latin American conflicts I am a communist leader in Nicaragua. Hi my name is Daniel Ortega

  32. Iran Contra Affair After Vietnam the U.S. was very “gun shy” about putting its troops into harms way… The Reagan administration wanted to help the Contras and help American people who were being held by Muslim extremists. but they would have had no support in Congress or the country. So they secretly traded arms to the Iranians for cash…and gave the cash to the Contras. This violated a law that prohibits the sale of arms to Iran Officials in the Reagan Administration got caught…the President was never “really” connected.

  33. Cold War "the home version" We have to stop them!!!! Omg..thecommunists After the Second World War there becomes a massive paranoia about the communists infiltrating our society….

  34. Giving evidence that communists are “everywhere” Alger Hissformer state Dept. official is found out to be a communist spy The Rosenburg Case gavenuclear secrets to the Soviet Union…they were executed. Oppenheimer Case: Robert Oppenheimer helped build the nuclear bomb and opposed us making the hydrogen bomb…he was accused of being a communist.

  35. Now that there maybe a problems with regular Americans becoming Communist the government takes a couple of interesting steps… Loyalty Oath/Checks:a speech in which a person professes their devotion to the American way of life rather than the Comunist/Soviet/Russian. Committee on “Un-American” Activities:The House goes after and investigates people and organizations that “could” be connected with communists…especially Hollywood.

  36. Watkins v. United States Cold War court case He won!!!!! He testified about himself but refused to answer any questions about his “friends” Watkins testified before the Committee on Un-American Activities He was arrested, he sued, citing the 5th Amendment (right to remain silent)

  37. McCarthy + McCarthyism He became very powerful and played on the anti-communist fears of people. Joe McCarthy is a Senator from Wisconsin People were often “blacklisted by his committee…and never worked again. He investigated people and soon people began to fear him more than communism Claimed he had a list of people who worked in the gov’t who were communist… He essential used un-Amercian tactics to find Communists.

  38. Wereyou aware that the COLD WAR even entered the world of sports.

  39. World Chess Championship 1972 BobbyFischer USA vs. Spassky USSR Yeah it maybe chess, but we won!!! Bobby Fischer's victoryended 24 years ofSoviet domination ofthe World Chess Title.

  40. Final Score: USA-50 USSR-51 USA refused to accept the silver… the medals are currenly in a vault in Switzerland. It was perhaps the most controversial result in Olympic history. The United States basketball team had been unbeaten in 62 Olympic competitions… 1972 Olympics Gold Medal Game Basketball No way that just happened…

  41. USA HOCKEY composed of college kids in their early 20s versus USSR HOCKEY -World Champs: 1954, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1970, 1971,1973,1974, 1975, 1978, 1979… -Olympic Gold Medal Champs: 1956, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 -Tretiak -best goalie in the world (if not ever) -Routed the NHL All-Stars 6–0 -Beat the USA team 10-3, three weeks before this game. Olympic Medal Round Lake Placid New York February 22, 1980

  42. Miracle USA:4 USSR:3 USA goes on to win gold medal against FINLAND

  43. The Cold War Thaws/Ends

  44. U.S. President Richard Milhouse Nixon will institute a policy of DETENTE… HE WILL VISIT WITH U.S.S.R. AND CHINESE OFFICIALS…EASES TENSIONS

  45. IN 1979 SALT WAS SIGNED STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY USA + USSR AGREE TO LIMIT NUCLEAR MISSLE PRODUCTION…

  46. IN 1985 THE U.S.S.R. “gets” A NEW LEADER Hi my name iz Mikhail Gorbachev I hope they don’t make fun of my birthmark

  47. A Soviet leader letting his people think for themselves…wow D other vill be called Perestroika, In vhich I vill bring elements of CAPITALISM to our economy …kindva like Lennin’s NEP I vill institute two new programs to help Russia!!!! One vill be GLASTNOST, vhich mean openess.

  48. And I want to buy as much military hardware as possible Me hope zo Hey Gorby!!! Can you do this?!!! Hi I am Ronald Reagan. President of the United States

  49. X 3 You want ta keep going? Wait, I got one more.. Um…

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