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 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. Suspicions between capitalists & communists Propaganda Espionage Nuclear arms race

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  1. 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?

  2. Characteristics of Cold War • Suspicions between capitalists & communists • Propaganda • Espionage • Nuclear arms race • Space race

  3. Why did the wartime alliance breakdown? Background to the Cold War

  4. Steps to the political, economic and military division of Europe

  5. The Breakdown of the Grand Alliance STEP 1: The Wartime Conferences Note the changes of personnel TEHRAN- the need for a ‘second front’. No decision on the future of Germany / unconditional surrender / Poland / Eastern Europe YALTA (Churchill ) (Roosevelt) POTSDAM (Truman) (Atlee) What was agreed at each?

  6. YALTA (Churchill ) (Roosevelt) Feb 1945 Red Army occupied most of Europe Germany to be divided into ‘zones’ Poland back to 1921 borders (Curzon / Oder- Neisse Line) United Nations Declaration for a liberated Europe POTSDAM (Truman) (Atlee)

  7. POTSDAM (Truman) (Atlee) (July 1945) POTSDAM (Truman) (Atlee) (July 1945) Truman ‘get tough’ Germany had surrendered in May 1945 Atomic bomb tested the day after the start of the conference Zones of occupation

  8. ‘Salami’ Tactics USSR’s takeover of political control of Eastern Europe ‘ like slicing off salami piece by piece’ Soviet ‘supervision’ of governments in E Europe Political parties ‘sliced off’ Communist core remains- local Communist parties replaced by Moscow trained Communists

  9. STEP 2 Kennan’s Long Telegram- 1946 Soviet view of the world was one of insecurity Soviet path was one of Stalinism rather than Marxism Cruelty and repression of the Soviet system ‘Impervious to the logic of reason Moscow is highly sensitive to the logic of force’

  10. Step 3- The Iron Curtain Speech

  11. Step 4- The Truman Doctrine

  12. Step 5- The Marshall Plan

  13. Step 6- Red Army Occupation of Europe 45-47

  14. Step 7 Czechoslovakian Coup

  15. Step 8- The Berlin Crisis of 1948

  16. Who was responsible for the Cold War?

  17. Orthodox View- ‘Soviets to blame’ Revisionist View – US ‘Dollar Diplomacy’ Post Revisionist View- Misperceptions on both sides- ‘action and reaction’ –both sides ‘improvising’ Soviet View Balance of Power v Ideology

  18. Key events Berlin Wall – last days • 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

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