The Cold War

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The Cold War 1945-1991

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Two sides of Cold War

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization

USA, France, Great Britain, West Germany

CAPITALISM

Warsaw Pact – pro Soviet countries – USSR, and all countries controlled by the USSR.

COMMUNISM

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Cold War

The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence.

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NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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YALTA (in the USSR)

Date: Feb 1945

Present: Churchill,

Roosevelt and Stalin

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POTSDAM (Germany)

Date: July 1945

Present: Churchill,

Truman and Stalin

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Iron Curtain –

A term used by

Winston Churchill

to describe the

separating of

Those communist

lands of East

Europe from the

West.

Divided Germany

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Improve your knowledge

The Russians took very high casualties to capture Berlin in May 1945. They spent the early occupation trying to take over all zones of the city but were stopped by German democrats such as Willy Brandt and Konrad Adenauer. Reluctantly the Russians had to admit the Americans, French and British to their respective zones.

Divided Berlin

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Berlin Wall

Berlin is Germany’s capital city.

The Soviets built the wall to keep communists from escaping to the American sector.

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Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

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Wall torn down in 1989.

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