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1 Cold War Timeline 1947-1991 Ch. 15 What is a proxy war? Uses third parties to fight against each other

2 Definition: Cold War A conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations. *Between the USA and USSR

3 USA vs. USSR

4 1946: Iron Curtain* Winston Churchill proclaimed that an Iron Curtain had fallen on Europe.

5 1947: Marshall Plan* Page 512 The rebuilding of Europe for trade purposes costing 12 billion

6 1947: Truman Doctrine** Truman proclaimed that we would CONTAIN Communism.

7 1948: Berlin Airlift** After Soviet blockade of Berlin, the US, UK, and France dropped supplies around the clock to keep Berlin fed.

8 1949: Red China* Page 523 Mao Zedong took control of China, creating another communist nation.

9 1950-53: Korean War* Page 524-525 North vs. South Korea, with the threat of nuclear war escalating

10 1953: Death of Stalin** March 5 th (stroke)

11 1957: Sputnik** First of 3 satellites launched into space by the Russians.

12 1961: Berlin Wall* Berlin wall separated East and West, so Germans could not escape

13 1961-1973: Vietnam* Page 530-531 Vietnam War is a ground war between the US and USSR, which we will lose.

14 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis* Why? Page 507 Russia will put missiles on the island of Cuba aimed at the US.

15 Nikita Khrushchev: Born in 1894. Leader of the communist party from 1953-1964. Claimed Stalin abused his power.

16 1985-1995: Gorbachev* Page 534,538 -Born in 1931, remembered his village being occupied by the German army. - Will speak out for “restructuring” of Russia. (PERESTROiKA) -Wanted to establish a market economy, and private ownership. (15 nations formed) Glasnost: was a policy which called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union

17 1979-89: Afghanistan The Soviet Vietnam Page 538 -9 year proxy war -The US will support a new democratic govt. while the Russians were supporting the existing government. -The Islamic govt. was trying to implement social reforms and land distribution.

18 1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down

19 1991: End of USSR & Cold War Page 534

20 1981: Evil Empire** Reagan Doctrine: give aide to help anti-communist nations

21 SHOW THE EVIL EMPIRE: SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative: satellites will zap soviet missiles with lasers. Star Wars: The press dubbed this SDI as Star Wars.

22 SMURFS AND THE EVIL EMPIRE

23 THE END

24 1945: Hiroshima **(A-bomb/H- bomb video)

25 1947: Greece**

26 1949: NATO**

27 1952: H-Bomb**

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