thursday 5/20/10

presentations today

Berlin Blockade

  • June 24 1948- begin
  • Ends may 12 1949
  • What caused it

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    • Cold war
    • Usa and ussr had different aims on what to do to Germany
  • What was it

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  • Attempted to block allied access to Berlin
  • Soviet union failed
  • Stalin wanted all of Berlin

Berlin airlift

o Successful

NATO

China Becomes Commi.

Chaing Kai-Shek- nationalist

Mao Zee-dung- Communist

Everyone worked to make china better

NUCLEAR ARMS RACE- the build up of nuclear weapons

Soviets- very concerned

USA-

Massive retaliation

Anti-nuclear movement- reduce AND STOP NUCEAL WEAPON USE

Berlin wall going up and coming down

Nixon’s visit to china

  • 1972 Nixon goes to chins
  • fist time a USA president visited china
  • why: wanted to normalize relations with china
    • reduce trade restrictions
    • end 25 yr isolation
  • one china policy
    • wanted the PRC should be China’s main government

1970’s peace attempts

Soviet Union invades Afghanistan:

Afghanistan was dependent on the Soviet Union

Soviets invade December 27, 1979 lasted ten years

Operation: Trojan Horse was to assassinate President Hafizullah Amin named

Known as “Soviets’ Vietnam” and “The Shooting War”

New Map of Europe

Why did the USA win The Cold War?

Soviets went bankrupted

Reagan escalated the arms race

Soviets spent most of their money on their military

Soviets were fighting Afghanistan

Gorbichaves willingness to change the cold war

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