The War is over
The Cold War begins immediately
The Cold War Two super-powers emerge after WWII United States vs Soviet Union Capitalism vs Communism
It is a war of Nuclear threatsthreats
Both societies are completely opposed economically and politically. AmericaSoviet Union Two party systemOne party elections DemocraticAutocratic / Dictatorship CapitalistCommunist ‘Survival of the fittest’Everybody helps everybody Richest world powerPoor economic base Corporate control disguised as Personal freedom Society controlled by the Communist Party & Secret Police Media controlled by the wealthy Government control of the media
The two never go to war but back disputes and wars all over the world for the next 50 years
Communism is determined to spread and Capitalism is determined to stop it from spreading.
Communism takes hold in impoverished countries
Many impoverished countries have brutal dictators put in place with Capitalist support
Brutal Dictators were also put in place by Communists
1945: East and West Germany are segregated and militarized 1949 : NATO established 1949: USSR exploded her first ‘A’-bomb; 1949: China becomes communist 1950 : Korean War started.
1952 : USA exploded the first hydrogen bomb : Korean War ended. 1953: USSR exploded their first hydrogen bomb.bomb : Warsaw Pact created.
1957 : Sputnik launched.Sputnik 1959 : Cuba becomes a communist state : Military aid sent to Vietnam by USA for the first time Berlin Wall built. 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion 1962 : Cuban Missile Crisis : Huge increase of American aid to Vietnam.
Cuban Missile Crisis
To this day you will only see pre-embargo American cars in Cuba
And you can’t legally buy Cuban cigars in the U.S.
1965 : USA openly involved in Vietnam.Vietnam.
1968 : USSR invades Czechoslovakia.
1973 Americans withdraw from Vietnam
1979 : USSR invaded Afghanistan.
1986 : Meeting in Iceland between USSR (Gorbachev) and USA (Reagan) : INF Treaty signed. The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- Range Missiles.
1989: Berlin Wall comes down
1990: The Cold War Ends
1991: Soviet Union Implodes
One Super power is left
What’s Next? War on TerrorTerror
U.S. invades Iraq 2001
The U.S. uses spying,terror and torture through out the world.
Cold War II 2014 Russia annexes Crimean region of the Ukraine
NATO imposes sanctions on Russia
NATO also mobilizes armed forces as a show of force and intimidation.
Russia is not intimidated
Expansion in Ukraine continues