Today, in class, we got on the computer and talked about china.
The Chinese Civil War- In 1946, Gerneral C. Marshall went to China to try and arange a political settlement between the Nationalists and Communists.
Neither of the groups believed that they could achieve their goals by coming to terms with the other side. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed Beijing to be Communist. Chiang Kai-shek fled the scene. The new government firmly established its control over China and promoted the recovery of the nation's economy. Form 1953 to 1957 hinese industry grew at the rapid rate of about fifteen percent per year.
The long March was a massive military retreat undertakem by the Red Army of the Communist part of China. There ws not one Long March, but several, as various communist armies in the south escaped to the nother and west. During the Long March, Mao inally gained unchallenged command of the CPC, ousting his rivals and reasserting guerilla strategy.
Hua Guofeng took over afer Mao Zedong.
Causes of the cold war. America was a democracy and the USSR was communist and we had political differences. We thought they were going to attack us with their Communism and they thought we were going to try to convert them to democracy.
Truman vs Stalin. They were allies during the war, but after they split everything up after WWII, they argued aout how much power Stalin should have. Stalin thought we were using him to wear down Germany, and that's why we put off the D-Day invasion. He also refused to join the United Nations, just another reason why there were tensions.
Stalin wanted an agreement from Germany that they wouldn't attack, and the US wanted to help Germany by preventing them from being Communist.
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization aka the North Atlantic Alliance. It was a governmental military alliance and it was based on the North Atlantic Treaty. It started in 1949, when the NAT was signed on April 4th. Some countries involved: US, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and the UK.
The first NATO Secretary Gernal was Lord Ismay, who stated that the goal of NATO was to "Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." Communist countries were expected to be woking together during the Korean War. Operation Mainbrace in 1952 was when 200 ships and 50,000 plus soldiers or something were sent to defend Denark. The NATO's purpose today isto protect the freedom of all the 28 members.
De-Stalinization. Nikita Kruschev began the process. It really just nixed everything he did, including the Gulag labor camp, where many people were released from. He also ended forced labor in the country.
Peaceful Co-Existence was the theory developed by the Soviet Union and was used at several different points in the Cold War. It stated that they don't have to like each other, but they don't need to bring nuclear arms into the equation. Mutual respect for each others territory, non-agression, No interference in each others internal affairs are some factors of the Peaceful Co-Existence whamma jamma.
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