The Cold War 1945-1991

1. The Cold War 1945-1991

2. NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization USA, France, Great Britain, West Germany CAPITALISM Warsaw Pact – pro Soviet countries – USSR, and all countries controlled by the USSR. COMMUNISM Two sides of Cold War

3. Causes of the Cold War in 1945 • American fear of communist attack • Truman’s dislike of Stalin • USSR’s fear of the American's atomic bomb • USSR’s dislike of capitalism • USSR’s actions in theSoviet Zone of Germany • America’s refusal to share nuclear secrets • USSR’s expansion west into Eastern Europe + broken election promises • USSR’s fear of American attack • USSR’s need for a secure western border • USSR’s aim of spreading world communism • This feeling of suspicion lead to mutual distrust and this • did a great deal to deepen the Cold War

4. Cold War • 1945-1990 • Era of confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States

5. NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization- all free nations

6. Warsaw Pact – all communist nations

8. YALTA (in the USSR) Date: Feb 1945 Present: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

9. POTSDAM (Germany) Date: July 1945 Present: Churchill, Truman and Stalin

10. Iron Curtain – A term used by Winston Churchill to describe the separating of Those communist lands of East Europe from the West. Divided Germany

11. Divided Berlin Improve your knowledge • The Russians took very high casualties to capture Berlin in May 1945. They spent the early occupation trying to take over all zones of the city but were stopped by German democrats such as Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer. Reluctantly the Russians had to admit the Americans, French and British to their respective zones.

12. Berlin Wall • Berlin is Germany’s capital city. • The Soviets built the wall to keep communists from escaping to the American sector.

13. Berlin Wall Berlin Wall

16. Wall torn down in 1989. Significance is that this symbolizes and end to the Cold War.

17. Improve your knowledge • The nuclear bomb gave America a lead which was expected to last at least 5 years. The rapid Russian development of nuclear technology, helped by the work of the “atom spies” was a shock.Significantly, Russia hurriedly declared war against Japan at the beginning of August 1945 and rushed to advance into Asia to stake out a position for the post-war settlement. This helped make both the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts more likely.

18. Marshall Plan USA’s plan to send food, blankets, fuel to Europe to help them. AND to keep them from turning communist.

20. Berlin blockade led to Berlin Airlift

21. The USA and the Soviet Union raced as the world watched to be the first to conquer space. Space Race

22. 1957 Sputnik – first satellite Score 1 for Soviets!

23. First man in space • Score: USA – 0 • Soviets - 2

24. Apollo program (NASA formed) • USA spent the 60s trying to catch up to the Soviets.

25. Armstrong lands on moon! • What is the purpose of a space program?

26. Nuclear Missiles!

27. Truman Doctrine The Truman Doctrine in March 1947 promised that the USA “would support free peoples who are resisting” communism. This led to containment – policy of containing communism where it is.

28. Domino Theory Communism spreads like a disease- if one nations falls, others will follow

29. Korea and Vietnam • USA tried to contain communism. In both wars, communist troops fought armies trained and funded by the USA.

30. Communists invaded from the north. China sent a million troops to help reds.

31. Korean War • After the failure of the promise of Korean independence by the Allied nations, on June 25, 1950, communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea. Poorly armed, the South Koreans were no match for the North. The United Nations ordered North Korea to withdraw its troops. General MacArthur was appointed to command all UN troops in Korea. After three years of fighting a stalemate, more than 54,000 American troops perished.

32. How Is The US Reacting to all of the Soviet moves such as Sputnik? • Under Eisenhower the National Defense Education Act is passed. • Intended to push math and science education to be able to keep up with the Soviets.

33. red scare RED SCARE • Red Scare was Americans response to the fear of Communism • Senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 US Govt. officials of being Communist. • McCarthyismto destroy or assassinate one’s character without proof and it ruined the careers of many Americans. Became a witch hunt that led to Americans pledging a “loyalty oath” to the United States…….

34. red scare3 H U A C • House Committee for Un-American Activities • 1938–75, Congress investigated Americans suspected as communists • HUAC committee warned of civil rights violations. • Witnesses who refused to answer were cited for contempt of Congress.

35. McCarthy’s “Big Lie” • Tactic used to create the impression that people were affiliated with Communism • Repeated the lies until people began to believe them, thus ruining people’s reputations. • Usually did this to Democrats because he thought they were soft on Communism.

36. What Finally Brings McCarthy Down? • The hearings were televised • Made him look like a bully • Last straw was his accusation that the United States Army was a Communist organization. • Was he totally wrong about the spies? No • BUT he ruined enough reputations that it cost him his political career and he left the Senate a shamed man.

37. What is the United Nations?

38. United Nations • International Organization where countries try to find peaceful solutions

39. United Nations • It has no army but uses troops from other countries.

40. Vietnam War 1960s-1973 • Through the Kennedy years, US troops trained S. Vietnamese troops to fight the Reds. • After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, under LBJ, US troops started to fight more.

41. Vietnam Divided into North and South at the 17th parallel Our first presence there was as military advisors to the South Vietnamese army Under Kennedy, we actually began to train the troops for them We wanted to be able to trade with them because they had resources we don’t have.

42. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • An act of Congress that allowed retaliation if American troops were in harms way or had been attacked. • President Johnson used this as approval to wage war and seriously escalated the war. • This led to his decision not to run for reelection in 1968 because he had messed it up so badly. • Under Johnson we had gone from about 50K troops to about 500K.

43. Vietnam, 1968

44. Helicopters!

45. Napalm!

47. Seeing this on TV led to a loss of support at home

48. Hippie bashing!!!

49. Hippies/Anti-war

50. Meanwhile. . . • After Korea and before Vietnam got really bad, America felt they had a problem closer to home.