1. Alliances of the Cold War 1949-1955

2. Nuclear Bomb 1949-Soviet Union Tests their 1st Atomic Bomb
The world is now faced with possibility of complete NUCLEAR WARFARE

3. Development of Nuclear Bomb raises Cold War tension
Berlin Airlift &
Development of Nuclear Bomb
raises Cold War tension
U.S. seeks alliances to deal with Soviets

4. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
Alliances with other countries
Promised to protect NATO members with armed forces
U.S., Canada & 10 western nations:
Great Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy.

5. Warsaw Pact [1955] Soviets form Warsaw Pact
Response to threat of NATO
Pledge to defend each other
Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria

6. NATO
Countries
Warsaw
Countries

7. The World In 1955 Two Super Powers Two Ideologies:
Nuclear Capability
Two Ideologies:
Communism vs. Democracy
Each attempt to limit growth:
Each side trying to stop the spread of communism or democracy

8. Brinkmanship A willingness to go to the edge of War
Example: Cuban Missile Crisis
Each side began producing stockpiles of Nuclear Arms
Became known as the ARMS RACE

9. U.S.A Soviet Union Democracy Communism NATO Warsaw
Marshall Plan Molotov Plan
Containment Iron Curtain

10. 1910

11. 1920

12. 1950

13. 1970

14. Conflicts of Cold War Korean War – (1950 - 1953)
Ends with a divided Korea (communist in North)
Cuban Revolution – (1959)
Ends with a communist Cuba
Vietnam War – ( )
Ends with a communist Vietnam
U-2 Incident – (1960)
Soviets shot down a U.S. spy plane
Cuban Missile Crisis – (1962)
U.S. & Soviets go to edge of Nuclear War

15. U-2 Incident

16. The NEW risk of WAR

17. End Here