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COLD WAR

COLD WAR. Most wars start with Alliances. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Canada & 10 other nations in N. America & Europe (now 28) Attack on one member is considered an attack on them all Warsaw Pact: Established in 1955

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COLD WAR

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  1. COLD WAR

  2. Most wars start with Alliances • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): • Canada & 10 other nations in N. America & Europe (now 28) • Attack on one member is considered an attack on them all • Warsaw Pact: • Established in 1955 • Military alliance of the USSR & 7 other Communist bloc countries • North American Air Defence Command (NORAD): • Established in 1957 to prepare for attack by air • Missile bases & air defence radar stations • The Commonwealth of Nations: • Former colonies of Great Britain • 53 member countries (the US isn’t in it!)

  3. Yalta Conference 1945 • Roosevelt meets with Stalin and Churchill during the war • How are we going to reorganize Europe? The disagree

  4. Potsdam Conference 1945 • Truman & Stalin meet near Berlin after V-E day • Tries to get Stalin to leave Eastern Europe alone- FAILS

  5. The Iron Curtain 1945-1946 • Churchill warns “an Iron Curtainhas descended across the Continent” as the Soviets install Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe Churchills “Iron Curtain” speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ

  6. Igor Gouzenko 1945 • Clerk in the Soviet embassy in Ottawa • He claims Soviets had been organizing a spy ring in Canada • RCMP arrests the spies & Gouzenko goes into protected hiding • Gouzenko fears KGB will kill him http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/national_security/clips/171/

  7. Truman Doctrine – Fight Communism 1947 • Resist Communist expansion • Internationally • Domestically (big brother)

  8. Berlin Blockade 1948 • Airlift lasts 11 months • Intensification of the US-Soviet rivalry • America increases its nuclear arsenal • Arms race kicks into high gear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ30Rgc5Prc Berlin Airlift (3:24)

  9. The Red Scare 1949 • China turns to Communism in 1949 • 1949- Soviets explode an atomic bomb • US responds by building & testing hundreds of bombs throughout the 1950s • Arms race in full swing Chairman Mao

  10. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) • Soviet spies in US? • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed • federal employee, Alger Hiss, was accused of spying and was brought before the HUAC • Nixon leads prosecution • Hiss and Rosenberg cases divides US public opinion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-6BfCbrvuM Alger Hiss & the Rosenbergs (2:29) The Rosenbergs Richard Nixon Alger Hiss

  11. The Red Scare 1950s • in 1950Senator Joe McCarthy announces “I have here in my hand a list” of Communists at work in the U.S. government • Communist witch hunt in US • anti-Communist hysteria

  12. Korean War 1950 - 1953 • Korean peninsula divided 1945 • North attacks South • UN (so Canada) helps South • Chinese support North http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxD5AztIv1k Korean War (4:53) • 27,000 Canadians serve in the “Forgotten War” • over 300 die

  13. Space Race 1957 - 1969 • Soviet Sputnik artificial satellite launched in 1950 • 1961 Soviets send cosmonaut (Yuri Gagarin) into orbit • Kennedy promises to place a man on the moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A Neil Armstrong- First Moon Landing 1969 Laika – Sputnik 2 1969 v “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." – Neil Armstrong

  14. The Nuclear Threat • Fear a nuclear attack • Mass evacuations • School drills • Bomb shelters • Food & water supplies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 Duck and Cover (9:15) just a clip

  15. The Diefenbunker

  16. Berlin Wall 1961 • Skilled East Germans flee to West Berlin • Soviets build a wall surrounding the city’s Western portion • 10,000 would attempt an escape to the West during construction (600 shot) OK, lets do something- Cuban Missile Simulation “Ich bin ein Berliner”

  17. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 • Soviet missiles in Cuba • US Naval blockade • Soviet ships approach • 72 hours of fear; finally they turn back • Diefenbaker does not put Canada’s military on high alert • JFK angry, relations between the two nations sank http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/10976/ (2:14) ‘Looking back at the Cuban Crisis’

  18. Vietnam 1964-1973 • Canada did not openly support US • Provides background support • 40,000 Canadians voluntarily served in the struggle • 50 000 draft-dodgers come to Canada

  19. Fall of the Soviet Union • Soviets invade Afghanistan in 1979 • Mujahideen (resistance) supported by US • Soviets fail • Mikhail Gorbachev begins reforms

  20. Berlin Wall comes down in 1989 • revolutions ignite • Soviet Empire falls a year later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK1MwhEDjHg (6:23) The Berlin Wall falls 1989 NBC Coverage pt 1

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