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COLD WAR MUSEUM
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Post-War
Reconstruction
Cold War Involvement
Cold War Crises
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Post War Reconstruction
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Cold War Involvement
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Click the picture below learn about the first conflict that the US was involved in during the Cold War
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Cold War Crises
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NATO exhibit
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Warsaw Pact exhibit
President Truman, along with 11 other diplomats from different countries, signed the NATO treaty on April 4, 1949
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The NATO Treaty
On May 14, 1955, 8 countries signed the Warsaw Pact, a treaty between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies
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The Warsaw Pact
Truman asked Congress to provide aid to Greece and Turkey because Great Britain would stop helping those countries on May 30, 1947. Truman was afraid that they would fall to communism. He then stated that it was the duty of the US to help democratic countries from falling to communism and/or totalitarianism.
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The Truman Doctrine
To listen to Truman’s speech click belowThe_Truman_Doctrine.asf
The Marshall Plan was a financial recovery plan instituted more than 2 years after VE day. Truman signed the bill establishing the ECA. It didn’t only provide economic relief, but prevented the spread of communism.
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The Marshall Plan
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The Cold war was the growing distrust between the U.S. and Russia after WWII. Neither fought the other, but the U.S. supported anticommunist European and Asian countries, while Russia supported and controlled its allies. When their allied countries fought against each other, they fought each other indirectly.
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America was afraid of a Russian attack. Russia was afraid of an American attack. Russia disagreed with American capitalism. America disagreed with Soviet communism. Russia wanted the whole world communist. America refused to give nuclear secrets to Russia. Russia moved their border westward. Russia took action in the Soviet zone of Germany.
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The U.S. became involved as a representative of the U.N., and started fighting in the summer of 1950. They got involved to contain North Korea’s fast moving army. They wanted to defeat it, and at the same time respond to the military challenges from the communist world. There was ceasefire declared on July 27, 1953 with the end of negotiations. However, no official peace agreement has been signed
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US Involvement in the Cold War
The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953. It began in June 1950, when North Koreans, backed by Russia, made a surprise attack on South Korea backed by the U.S. What happened in Korea almost made the Cold War into a “Hot War”. Communist China also was backing North Korea in their fight.
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The Korean War
Berlin Wall/Blockade
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Berlin Blockade
First convoy through the Berlin Blockade after it was torn down (above)
Civilians celebrating the lifting of the Berlin Blockade (above)
After the defeat of Germany in 1945 Berlin was split in four sectors between America, Brittan, France and the USSR. In 1948 Stalin decided he was done splitting the capital city and aimed to drive the western powers out. He blocked all train, ship, and car routes into Berlin in 1948 for a full year until Truman set up the Berlin Airlifts.
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Berlin Wall1955 Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev came to power, wanting to show strength and power. He didn’t want Germany to reunite, so he started building the Berlin wall. He started construction in 1961.On August 13th, 1963, barbed wire barricades came up cutting the city in half, concrete walls soon followed.
Building of the Berlin wall (above)
Rioters protest the Berlin Wall (below)
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Berlin AirliftAfter Stalin blocked of all the supply routes via boats, cars, and trains, President Truman sent supplies (food, clothing, etc.) to Berlin by air. After about one year of the airlifts, Stalin ended the blockades.
Planes ready to take off for an airlift (above)
Airlift bases through Europe (left)
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Supplies dropped during Airlifts (below)
Fidel Castro (below) overthrew Dictator of Cuba Fulgenicio Batista. John F. Kennedy (left) supported Cubans against Castro, and attempted to over throw him (a failure). Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev (right) supported Castro and sent to him short range and intermediate range nuclear missiles
Missile base in Cuba (left)
Range of missiles (below)
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To listen to Kennedy’s speech click belowJFK_Addresses_the_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.asf
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Thank you for attending our Museum.
The people that worked on this project were:
& Cyril Putzer
Russell Oppenheim
Justin Haber
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