Cold War Timeline Ch. 15 What is a proxy war? Uses third parties to fight against each other
Definition: Cold War A conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations. *Between the USA and USSR
USA vs. USSR
1946: Iron Curtain* Winston Churchill proclaimed that an Iron Curtain had fallen on Europe.
1947: Marshall Plan* Page 512 The rebuilding of Europe for trade purposes costing 12 billion
1947: Truman Doctrine** Truman proclaimed that we would CONTAIN Communism.
1948: Berlin Airlift** After Soviet blockade of Berlin, the US, UK, and France dropped supplies around the clock to keep Berlin fed.
1949: Red China* Page 523 Mao Zedong took control of China, creating another communist nation.
: Korean War* Page North vs. South Korea, with the threat of nuclear war escalating
1953: Death of Stalin** March 5 th (stroke)
1957: Sputnik** First of 3 satellites launched into space by the Russians.
1961: Berlin Wall* Berlin wall separated East and West, so Germans could not escape
: Vietnam* Page Vietnam War is a ground war between the US and USSR, which we will lose.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis* Why? Page 507 Russia will put missiles on the island of Cuba aimed at the US.
Nikita Khrushchev: Born in Leader of the communist party from Claimed Stalin abused his power.
: Gorbachev* Page 534,538 -Born in 1931, remembered his village being occupied by the German army. - Will speak out for “restructuring” of Russia. (PERESTROiKA) -Wanted to establish a market economy, and private ownership. (15 nations formed) Glasnost: was a policy which called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union
: Afghanistan The Soviet Vietnam Page year proxy war -The US will support a new democratic govt. while the Russians were supporting the existing government. -The Islamic govt. was trying to implement social reforms and land distribution.
1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down
1991: End of USSR & Cold War Page 534
1981: Evil Empire** Reagan Doctrine: give aide to help anti-communist nations
SHOW THE EVIL EMPIRE: SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative: satellites will zap soviet missiles with lasers. Star Wars: The press dubbed this SDI as Star Wars.
SMURFS AND THE EVIL EMPIRE
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1945: Hiroshima **(A-bomb/H- bomb video)
1947: Greece**
1949: NATO**
1952: H-Bomb**