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Slide1: starter activity By the 1970s the US and the USSR each had enough nuclear weapons to blow the world up several times over. Can you explain this cartoonist’s joke?
Characteristics of Cold War: Characteristics of Cold War Suspicions between capitalists & communists
Propaganda
Espionage
Nuclear arms race
Space race
Why did the wartime alliance breakdown?: Why did the wartime alliance breakdown? Background to the Cold War
Damage caused by WWII: Damage caused by WWII Houses, factories, shops & entire cities destroyed by bombing
By 1945, millions of sick, hungry & homeless & refugees across Europe
Millions had lost their lives
Which country had suffered most? How did this affect its relations with other countries after the war?
Conflicting ideologies: Conflicting ideologies Before the war many countries could claim to be superpowers: USA, USSR, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, Italy
By 1945 only 2 clear superpowers: US & USSR
Conflicting ideologies: capitalism & communism What joke is this cartoonist saying about relations between the Grand Alliance after 1945?
Political changes in Europe: Political changes in Europe Most European countries occupied by Germany & run by governors
With no German govt., who would govern Europe?
Resistance movements: communist, e.g. Greece & Turkey or non-communist e.g. France?
Rise of US: Rise of US 1941, Germany invaded Russia
Western allies delayed opening of 2nd front
US developed atomic bomb independently
US economic threat (50% global manufacture)
US air & naval supremacy
Communism undemocratic
Your task: Your task List the differences between capitalist and communist ideologies
Create a short timeline outlining the key events of the Cold War era.
Key events: Key events 1945, Yalta & Potsdam conferences
Soviet expansion in E. Europe
1946, Iron Curtain
1947, Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
1949, NATO
1955, Warsaw Pact
1961, Berlin Wall
1962, Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile
Crisis Berlin Wall – last days