Cold War Trouble!

Trouble With Berlin

» Berlin˃ Split in fours (then combined into two) after WWII ˃ East is Communists and West is Democratic

» Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948)˃ Soviets blockaded Berlin ˃ US and Great Britain respond by airlifting supplies into Berlin

and avoiding the blockade on the ground

» Berlin Wall (1961)˃ German citizens in East Berlin kept leaving to go to the West˃ Wall was built to keep people in East Berlin and keep them

from leaving

Proxy Wars

Korea Vietnam

» 38th parallel˃ North is communist˃ South is democratic

» North invaded South» UN responds with

military force˃ US sends majority of troops

» Korea remained split

» Split in two˃ Communists vs democratic

» North invades South» UN votes to use

military action ˃ US once again the leading

military force

» US withdrawals from war

» Vietnam falls to communism

Oh Cuba!

» Fidel Castro˃ Overthrows Cuban govt and sets up a communist country

» Bay of Pigs˃ US tried to stage an overthrow of Castro but it’s a complete

failure

» Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) – 13 days!˃ Castro allows Soviet Union to install missile launch pads in

Cuba ˃ The missiles could attack multiple places throughout the US˃ US responds with a naval blockade˃ Most intense time of the Cold War – thought it would be

nuclear war for sure˃ Soviet Union backs down and turns around

Game On!

» Arms Race˃ Which country can create the biggest, best, and newest

nuclear weapons˃ Spend money on military˃ Emphasis on science and technology

» Space Race˃ Compete to get into space first˃ Sputnik – satellite in space by USSR – US panics because could

be used for missiles and shows the US is behind˃ NASA created and US puts man on moon in 1969

» Olympics˃ Medals show strength