Today we did cold war presentations.
The Berlin Blockade
-fought between the Soviets and the Allied forces
-during this the blockade the Soviet Union blocked the railraoads going into berlin to block supply lines becuase they wanted all of Germany to be communist
-we us formed the Berlin Air Lift
-the US would drop supplies into berlin
-the US flew very many planes and dropped 12-13 tons of supplies
-Allied forces wanted to repair Germany and the Soviets wanted to destroy Germany
-Stalin and the Red Army set up in East Germany while the US was in West Germany
-in the winter poeple lived on very little and no electricity
-the USSR offered supplies but the germans rejected them
-the US began to set up bases in case the soviets did attack thier planes
-the blockade lasted around 11 months
The Nuclear Arms Race
-The first nuclear weapons were formed by the US through the Manhattan Project in WWII
-the US had monopoly over nuclear weapon production during the years following WWII
-However, the Soviets were secretly develped their own nucleir missiles behind the scenes
-We believed that the USSR would no have nukes until th 50s
-but they dropped thier first on 1949
-After both nations possessed the nuclear weapons they began to race to get better, more effecient and higher quality bombs
-Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles were created.They could deliver missiles to any part of teh world. Missiles were regarded as the best weapon
-missiles from outer-space
-when the Soviets launched teh Sputnik satellite in 57, it was feared that they might launch a nuclear missile attack that would reach andy part of the world. This also had a major role in started the space race
-Defense tactics
-Setellites were designed to detect a nuclear strike before it happened. Large Bunkers were made to sace leaders and citizens built fllour shelters
-People were thought how to react to a nuclear strike in an act of civil defense
-Mutual Assured Destruction act (MAD) was the US nd USSR's mtual understandeng that a nuclear strike from each side would cause massive damage to both parties
-This came into play durring the 50s when either side had enought power to obliterate eachother
-both sides knew that if they fired missiles at the other the Second Strike would come into play and they would end up both being destroyed
-other countries like the UK China and Frace all had small amounts of nuclear weapons
-SALT was formed to limit the size of each powers nuclear arsenal
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