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NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. They were set up in 1949. The U.S., Canada, and most Western European nations. They agreed to fight together in the event that any of them were attacked by the Soviet Union. U.S. is the most powerful member and it dominated the group and has kept the large military presence on european soil. -
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nucular arms race
The most terrafying thing of the Cold War was the aspect of the arms race which began at the end of World War II. At first the U.S. was the only nuclear power. By 1953 Both sides developed Hydrogen Bombs, which are much more powerful than atom bombs. Each side wanted to be able to deter the other side from launching its nuclear wepons. The result was a 'Balance of Terror". Later to reduce the treat of nuclear war the two side met at disarmamet talks. -
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Nuclear Arms Race and Detente Continued
In 1969 the U.S. and the Soviet Union began Strategic Arms Limitations Talks. It limited both sides nuclear wepons held by each side. One of these agreements limited anti-ballistic missles or missles that could shoot down other missles from hostile countries. By late 1968 Many nations signed the Nuclear Non-Profliferation Treaty. This agreed that all the nations stop developing nuclear wepons and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons -
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Communist Cuba and Missle Crisis
In the 1950s Fidel Castro organized an armed rebellion against the corrupt dictator who then ruled Cuba. Castro led his guerrilla army to victory and set about transforming his country. Castro supported the Soviet Union. Castro severly restricted Cubans political freedom. The U.S. attempted to bring down communist regime. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy supported the invasion attempt by U.S. trained Cuban exiles. The U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba that remains in effect today. -
korean conflict
The Korean War was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons. The Korean peninsula was ruled by the Empire of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. -
missle crissis continued
Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution. Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.Backed by the U.S., a group of Cuban exiles invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to trigger an anti-Castro rebellion. The invasion fails and more than a thousand Cuban rebels are captured by Castro's forces. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955 to improve military coordination of the Communist countries of Europe. The Soviets dominated the organization and kept large numbers of troops in the other countries. Sometimes Soviet troops had to invade other members to put down anti-Soviet uprisings. -
Soviet union falls
The bad disisiouns of the soviets caused a fail in economy, social structure and political structure. It resulted in the fall of the soviet government. weakening of the Soviet government, which led to downfall and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991. -
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berlin wall
Berlin was a key focus of the Cold War tensions. The city was split into Democratic West Berlin and Communist East Berlin. In the 1950s West Berlin became a showcase for West German Prosperity. A massive exodus of low-paid East Germans unhappy with communism fled to West Berlin. To stop the flight East Germany built a wall in 1961 that sealed off West Berlin. -
vietnam conflict
During World War II, when France was occupied by Nazi Germany, it lost its foothold in Vietnam, and Japan took control of the country. The Viet Minh resisted these Japanese oppressors and extended its power base throughout Vietnam. When Japan surrendered at the end of World War II. -
vietnam conflict continued
At this point, the United States’ Cold War foreign policy began to play a major part in Vietnam. U.S. policy at the time was dominated by the domino theory, which believed that the “fall” of North Vietnam to Communism might trigger all of Southeast Asia to fall, setting off a sort of Communist chain reaction. -
vietnam finished
Nixon engaged in diplomatic maneuvering with China and the USSR—and stepped up bombing of North Vietnam—to pressure the North Vietnamese into a settlement. This cease-fire was finally signed in January 1973, and the last U.S. military personnel left Vietnam in March 1973. -
soviets in afgahanistan
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year proxy war during the Cold war involving the Soviet Union.The Afghan government, with the Soviet Union as its ally, received different aid from the government of India.The final troop withdrawal started on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989.
