Why the US won the cold war
The US and soviet union always fought indircetly
Harry Truman's decision to concentrate on European theater rather than Pacfic
Two-front war is a strong fundamental strategic choice
400 million aid in Greece and Turkey
Marshall Plan's economic and financial assistance to Western Europe
Strenghtened economics and gov. of the countries
declination of communism became popular
US aid in blockade with help of france and Britain
NATO
defend against soviet forces in Europe
To keep russia out america in and germany down
Warsaw Pact
six years later
the treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance
made in response to NATO and the remilitarization of germany
hungary tried to get out of it soviet crushed the uprising
FAIL ended in 1991
SEATO
southeast asia treaty organization
ceased the spread of communism in eight countries
did not agree to help each other militarily
dissovled after vietnam 1977
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK's second year in office, the discovery of missiles in Cuba
JFK and nuclear arms
1963 two sides reached a major arms control agreement
banned tests of nuclear weapons above ground under water and in space
NIxon and Brezhnev
east and west relations improved
met several arms control agreements
one reducing numberrs of missiles used to shoot down enemy nuclear weapons
Reagan and Gorbechev
had four meetings together
gorbacheb withdrew soviet forces out of Afghanistan
signed agreement to destroy all INF missiles and SRINF missiles
Cutting ties
in 1989 eastern europe was cutting ties with USSR
Gorbachev did not intervene
within one year, east and west germany was no more
few months after Warsaw Pact dissolved
Fall of communism was the cause of the cold war ending
The Korean Conflict
Causes
at the end of ww2 korea was divided at the 38th parallel
soviet and US zones were occupated
in 1948 gov weer established in the country
the republic of korea was proclaimed in the south and the people's democratic republic of korea in north
Generals during the conflict
douglas macArthur- became supreme commander of the US forces under president harry truman
Mac Arthur was removed as the commander on April 10,1951
he was replaced by gen. Matthew Ridgeway as commander and cheif
the war
started on june 25, 1950
on june 27th truman authorized the use of american land sea and air forces in korea
a week later, teh united nations placed the forces of 15 other member nations under US command
truman appointed Gen. Douglas MacArthur supreme commander '
the first weeks of the conflict north korean forces met little resistance and advanced rapidly
by sep 10 they ahd driven the south korean army and the small american force to the busan area at the southeast tip of korea
a counter offensicve began on sep 15
north korean forces fell back adn macarthur recieved orders to pursue them into north korea
went back and forth for a long time
after months of fighting it was brought back to the 38th parallel and remand there for the rest of the war
After nuclear threats by eisenhower an armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953
North Korea-communist
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