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1 THE COLD WAR BEGINS 1945-1950 Potsdam Conference Atomic Age Iron Curtain Marshall Plan NATO / WARSAW PACT

2 The End of WW II

3 Potsdam Conference – Germany, 1945

4 Germany Divided into 4 ZONES

5 WEST and EAST Germany

6 West and East Berlin

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9 The Russian Fear…

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12 West vs. East Germany USA, England, France vs. Russia

13 West Countries vs. East Countries Democratic Communist USA England France Netherlands Belgium Italy W. Germany Canada Norway Sweden Greece Turkey (USSR, Soviet Union, Russia, CCCP) E. Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria Hungary Yugoslavia

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15 A Global Forum to air disputes & avoid escalating conflicts LEAGUE OF NATIONS - 1919 UNITED NATIONS (UN) - 1945

16 UN Member Countries

17 U.S. President Harry S. Truman Feels let down by Russia for not entering war vs. Japan USA fearful of Communist takeovers (Red Scare 1919) USA begins to combat the spread of Communism

18 Truman Doctrine It becomes: “The policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.“ USA commitment to fight the spread of Communism

19 Marshall Plan

20 “Containment” Policy Containment Policy –George Kennan –USA thinks Russia wants to dominate the world –USA must CONTAIN (stop) the spread of Communism –Not allow any other countries to fall

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22 CUBA

23 VIETNAM

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27 Failures of Containment China falls to Communism under Mao Zedong Communist N. Korea invades S. Korea Communist Revolutionary Fidel Castro comes to Power in Cuba French abandon fight in S. Vietnam against Communist Ho Chi Minh in N. Vietnam

28 NATO vs. WARSAW PACT Military alliances of West (USA) and East (Russia)

29 NATO v. WARSAW PACT

30 Atomic Age USA and Russia begin to stockpile nuclear weapons Show of Force and Intimidation M.A.D.

31 Hydrogen Bomb USA explodes in 1952 Russia explodes in 1953 USA’s Atomic “Monopoly” gone – was our biggest advantage

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39 Space Race Russia wins first round with launch of Sputnik satellite Was a big tin can that beeped Caused great panic in Americans Ushered in the Age of Science Fiction in America

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44 A COLD WAR A recognized state of tension and hostility between 2 countries USA and Russia each feel the other is out to get them No actual military battles occur between USA and Russia directly Each country fights in places to subvert the other (Korea, Vietnam) USA and Russia fight each other indirectly or “behind the scenes” Fought by Using: Spying, economics, propaganda, influence on other countries

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