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1 The Cold War A Bipolar World

2 2 Cold War Confrontation

3 3 Division of Germany After WWII

4 4 After WWIAfter WWII PoliticalFlawed Weimar RepublicDe-Nazified; Democratic West Communist East War Indemnities Exorbitant - to Allies and Belgium Loss of colonies and Alsace- Lorraine Potsdam Conference: Each Allied power could extract from their portion of Germany Loss of territories taken by Hitler MilitaryGerman military effectively scrapped Allies take care of military needs of their regions “Peace- keepers” Ineffective League of Nations Terms of Treaty of Versailles Britain & France US and USSR Strategic alliances (Warsaw Pact, NATO) Threat of Atomic Warfare (WWIII) Treatment of Germany:

5 5 Europe After the Second World War

6 6 Leads to Origins of the Cold War Soviets want to rebuild economy using German industry Allies agreed to divide Germany temporarily Soviets wanted a “buffer” Americans wanted “self-determination”

7 7 Japan/Asia Territory loss New constitution Emperor Demilitarized Minimal war crimes 1951 - Regains independence

8 8 United Nations What role did the UN play in the Cold War? How successful was/is the UN in preventing international conflicts? How did the decolonization of Africa and Asia affect the General Assembly? Size? Focus? Impact on “superpowers”?

9 9 It’s Always about Money! Capitalism IMF World Bank Marshall Plan EU Communism Closed State Allocated Government determined prices, production, distribution

10 10 Cold War Battles Diplomatic wars—fought through other nations No direct fighting “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” For the US: If your not a Communist, it’s all good.

11 11 Nuclear Weapons

12 12 What’s at stake? Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) Nuclear Winter

13 13 Eastern Europe

14 14 Hungarian Revolution 1956 Hungarian Revolution, 1956 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

15 15 Soviets in Czechoslovakia Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

16 16 Korea China and USSR vs. U.S. and South Korea 38 th parallel—still divided?

17 17 Fidel Castro returns to Havana

18 18 Cuban missile crisis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

19 19 Vietnam France leaves 1954 Communist N. Vietnam invades S. Vietnam U.S. at war from 1963(?) to 1975 Impact on Cold War?

20 20 Vietnamese at war Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

21 21 Jomo Kenyatta

22 22 Nkrumah opening parliament

23 23 Juan O'Gorman, Credit Transforms Mexico

24 24 New World Classifications “First World” Countries “Second World” Countries “Third World” Countries “Fourth World” Countries

25 25 Bandung Conference

26 26 Saudi riches

27 27 Middle East Oil and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1973

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