1. The Cold War Reform Revolt and Reaction Lecture Four: Term 1 Week 5

2. The End of WW2 Nov 1944 FDR re- elected for 4 th term 12 April 1945 FDR dies 8 May 1945 V-E Day

3. The Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project 6 August 1945 Hiroshima – 70,000 killed instantly, rising to 140,000 by the end of 1945 9 August 1945 Nagasaki – 70,000 killed 14 August V-J Day – Japan surrenders

4. The Big Three Tehran, 1943 Yalta, 1945 Potsdam, July 1945 (Truman, Churchill/Attlee and Stalin) Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill

5. The Rise of Two Powers The United States Powerful military & atomic bomb Strong economy and manufacturing industry United Nations (est. 1944-45) World Bank (est. 1944) The Soviet Union Occupied most of Eastern Europe Crucial in defeating Hitler Devastated by war but determined to keep sphere of influence in Eastern Europe

6. Containment Diplomat George F. Kennan’s 1946 telegram from Moscow to Washington The Truman Doctrine The Marshall Plan NATO est. 1949

7. NSC-68 (1950) 1949 Soviet Union tests atomic bomb 1949 Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) and Kuomintang win Chinese civil war “the cold war is in fact a real war in which the survival of the free world is at stake”

8. The Korean War (1950-53) Korea divided at 38 th Parallel between communist North and anticommunist South 33,000 US troops killed 1million Korean soldiers and 2million Korean civilians killed

12. Questions to Consider… How did ordinary Americans view the use of the atomic bomb? What was Stalinist communism and why did the US fear/dislike it so much? What impact did the Korean war have on ordinary Americans? How did African Americans and other minorities view the Cold War?

13. Essays Due Monday week 7 (16 th Nov) Submit in lecture or outside H339 with coversheet First Years must also submit essays online Any questions/ email me: L.J.Plath@warwick.ac.uk