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1 Major Events of the Cold War The Cold War

2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ history/mwh/ir2/developmentsact.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ history/mwh/ir2/developmentsact.shtml

3 The Berlin Airlift 1948  First Cold War confrontation  Berlin middle of Soviet controlled Germany divided, too U.S.S.R.  Blocked transportation in & out of West Berlin (French, British, U.S.) Britain, U.S. Airlift food, supplies to West Berlin One year  Stalin eventually gave in

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5 The Korean War First “hot” conflict of Cold War  Sets stage for confrontations outside Europe During WWII  Korea in Japanese empire  U.S. & Soviet Union push Japanese out 38th parallel line separates Soviet Union controls North U.S. controls South Post-WWII S.U. = North Want Communist gov’t U.S. = South Want Democratic gov’t Cannot work out deal Legacy of Korean War  2.5 million deadNo peace even today

6 Berlin Wall Berlin: 4 sectors  3 for Allies, 1 for Soviets Berlin Wall-surrounding West Berlin http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall/videos/kennedy-responds-to-berlin-wall  Erected 4.13.61  Prevents East Berliners from leaving to West  Russia did not want people leaving  http://www.history.com/videos/berlin-wall-deconstructed#berlin-wall-deconstructed http://www.history.com/videos/berlin-wall-deconstructed#berlin-wall-deconstructed  Torn down 11.9.89 Signal of fall of communism in Soviet Union http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCPdLlUgvo

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10 Berlin Wall from Eastern side

11 West Berliners waiting to go to East Berlin (1963)

12 Yellow Line represent Berlin Wall

13 President Kennedy at the Wall

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19 http://www.history.com/shows/vietnam-in- hd/videos/deconstructing-history- vietnam?m=528e38969e64d

20 Vietnam War Longest, most famous of Cold War conflicts http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall/videos/the-road-to- war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall/videos/the-road-to- war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false  1961-75 Fear = Asia goes communist  China, N. Korea first, now Vietnam? Important Notes  Communist victory Mighty U.S. defeated by small group  Failure for U.S. b/c… Only partial support of Vietnamese people U.S. not ready to fight guerrilla warfare  Anti-war foreign policy for decades afterwards

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26 Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear stare down  U.S.: JFK  Soviet Union: Nikita Khrushchev October 1962  13 days  Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba  U.S. & Soviet Union bargain & make peace, narrowly avoid nuclear war Changes U.S. foreign policy  Model for dealing with problems with nuclear nations  VIDEO ON DISCOVERY ED

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28 http://www.history. com/topics/cold- war/videos#cities- of-the-underworld- 3-stalins- communications- bunker http://www.history. com/topics/cold- war/videos#cities- of-the-underworld- 3-stalins- communications- bunker http://www.history. com/topics/vietnam -war/vietnam-war- history/videos/the- road-to-war http://www.history. com/topics/vietnam -war/vietnam-war- history/videos/the- road-to-war

29 Picture of missile storage facilities in Cuba

30 Russia Invades Afghanistan The Russian “Vietnam” Afghanistan in civil war  Majority population  Communist style gov’t Soviet troops “invited” in 1979  Fight for communist gov’t  Many citizens join (Mujahdeen) Soviet Union overmatched  Turns into Soviet version of Vietnam War  Use poison gas, napalm U.S. action  Weapons, training to Mujahdeen Mujahdeen splits- Taliban (Osama) comes out  Boycott ‘80 Olympics

31 Charlie Wilson’s War Democratic Representative from Texas Helped start the covert operations of funding is best known for leading Congress into supporting the largest- ever CIA covert operation, which supplied the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan along with others like Gordon Humphrey (Rep - New Hampshire), Fred Ikle, and William Casey After the Communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan took over during the Afghan Civil War and asked the Soviet Union to help suppress resistance from the Islamist Mujahedeen.

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