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Major Events of the Cold War
The Cold War
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The Berlin Airlift
1948First Cold War confrontationBerlin
middle of Soviet controlled Germanydivided, 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 yearStalin eventually gave in
The Korean WarFirst “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 separatesSoviet Union controls NorthU.S. controls South
Post-WWIIS.U. = North
• Want Communist gov’tU.S. = South
• Want Democratic gov’tCannot work out deal
Legacy of Korean War 2.5 million dead No peace even
today
Berlin Wall Berlin: 4 sectors3 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 4.13.61Prevents East Berliners from
leaving to WestRussia did not want people leaving http://www.history.com/videos/berlin-wall-deconstructed#berlin-wall-deconstructed
Torn down 11.9.89Signal of fall of communism in
Soviet Union http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCPdLlUgvo
Berlin Wall from Eastern side
West Berliners waiting to go to East Berlin (1963)
Yellow Line represent Berlin Wall
President Kennedy at the Wall
http://www.history.com/shows/vietnam-in-hd/videos/deconstructing-history-vietnam?m=528e38969e64d
Vietnam WarLongest, 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
1961-75Fear = Asia goes communist
China, N. Korea first, now Vietnam?
Important NotesCommunist victory
Mighty U.S. defeated by small group
Failure for U.S. b/c…Only partial support of
Vietnamese peopleU.S. not ready to fight guerrilla
warfareAnti-war foreign policy for
decades afterwards
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history/videos/vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear stare downU.S.: JFKSoviet Union: Nikita Khrushchev
October 196213 daysSoviet Union placed nuclear
missiles in CubaU.S. & Soviet Union bargain &
make peace, narrowly avoid nuclear war
Changes U.S. foreign policyModel for dealing with problems
with nuclear nationsVIDEO ON DISCOVERY ED
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
Picture of missile storage facilities in Cuba
Russia Invades AfghanistanThe Russian “Vietnam”
Afghanistan in civil warMajority populationCommunist style gov’t
Soviet troops “invited” in 1979Fight for communist gov’tMany citizens join (Mujahdeen)
Soviet Union overmatchedTurns into Soviet version of Vietnam WarUse poison gas, napalm
U.S. actionWeapons, training to Mujahdeen
Mujahdeen splits- Taliban (Osama) comes out
Boycott ‘80 Olympics
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.