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Death of Stalin 1953 Lesson starter: What were the results of the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact? Today we will understand how Stalin’s death was a turning point in the Cold War

Stalin dies 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is new Soviet leader After talks, the USA and USSR decided Austria should be independent again Khrushchev also called for ‘peaceful coexistence’ (living peacefully) Both wanted to avoid WWIII

Arms Race Arms race continued USSR & USA – A Bombs, H Bombs, ICBM 1957 USSR launch first space satellite 1 May 1960 – USSR shoots down an American plane flying over USSR Spy plane taking photographs America deny it at first New president Eisenhower refuses to apologise This broke down relations between the two powers

Arms Race continues into 1960s Nuclear weapons cheaper than conventional weapons Meant there was no need for big army Space Race also starts USA create NASA USSR put first man in space- Yuri Gagarin - 1961 USA have first man on the moon – Armstrong/ Aldrin 1969