Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Blog # 25 - The Start of The Cold War
The Cold War was a power struggle between the US and their allies and the USSR and their allies. Although the two countries never went to war with each other, much of the world became the battlefield in their attempts to influence the world. Review the Timeline on the following webpage, The Cold War Museum Choose two events that occurred either in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, or 80's and discuss what impact those two events had on the Cold War.
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1) 1940s- Atomic Bomb Development
ReplyDeleteThe development of the Atomic Bomb attributed to the Cold War because there was a constant threat of an atomic bomb explosion. Since the Soviets sent missiles to Cuba which is directly under the United States, there was always that fear that at any moment a bomb could destroy the United States in minutes.
2) 1960's- Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall had an impact on the Cold War because it showed that one country could be divided because of two separate beliefs in government. The West of Germany sided with the United States and didn't agree with Communism. The East of Germany sided with the Soviets and they agreed with Communism. This wall was put up to divide Germany and lasted for about 30 years.
1) 1940 ATOMIC BOMB DEVELOPMENT
ReplyDeleteThe atomic bomb was allowed to be created by FDR. This had an a big effect on the Cold War because it made every country in Europe start producing the atomic bomb just in case we started a war or a battle their last resort would be to drop the atomic bomb on the enemy,
2) 1960 THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
It effected the Cold War because the Soviet Union was trying to make missiles in Cuba but The United States didnt want the Soviet Union or the Cubans to be able to have the power of having nuclear warfare so they were going to invade and destroy them but the Soviet Union said they weould dismantle it
1940s-Nike Missiles: They were first developed to counter parallel weaponry attempts by The Soviets. The Missile System came into affect mostly due to the dear that one day the Soviets would contract bomber warcraft capable of hitting the U.S. The other use of the Nike Missiles was to protect Strategic Air Command Buildings.
ReplyDelete1940- Berlin Aircraft- After the second war the west decided to split their zones into separate governments. To help stop this the Soviets harassed the incoming traffic into Berlin. To counter blockade the western powers airlifted a total of 2,326,406 tons of food, coal, passengers, and other items into the city in a total of 278,228 flights.
1) 1949 NATO
ReplyDeleteNATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. The main purpose was to protect each other from communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, United States, Canada, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Portugal would later join NATO. NATO brings nations together.
1970s- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
A nuclear power plant in Chernobyl of northern Ukraine was running tests in case of a power outage. To get accurate results the technicians had to shut down the safety. At 1:23 am the reactor got out of control and exploded. The explosion killed 31 people immediately. The radiation poison would damage thousands of others. This would influence the way the world would see and use nuclear energy.
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ReplyDelete1940s Joseph Stalin :
ReplyDeleteAfter WWII, Joseph Stalin established the dominance of the USSR over eastern and central Europe. Stalins strong belief in nationalism led to him making his country a nuclear power.
1940s Atomic Bomb - The atomic bomb mainly advertised that making such a powerful weapon was okay. There was always the reoccurring fear that their might be an explosion because other countries in Europe had such a powerful possession. The United States was always at risk with atomic bomb being produced
1940s- Soviet Atomic Bomb Test:
ReplyDeleteWhen the Soviet Union decided to test bombs, the U.S. was surprised to see that the Soviets now posses nuclear weapons.The idea of the Soviet Union having nuclear power scared the U.S. and made us question our own safety. Not long before this, the U.S. had used atomic bombs in Japan to make them surrender during World War II.
1950s- Bomber Gap:
"Bomber Gap" relates to the fear of Soviet superiority of bombers in an area between continents. Soviets flew their "Bear and Bison" bombers past American observers multiple times."The Soviets had developed the Bison bomber (built to carry a nuclear bomb all the way to the US), but it was unclear whether they had only one, or one hundred." America was scared for the right reasons. The Soviets were trying to psych us out.
1940's atom bomb-
ReplyDeleteThe atomic bomb was the ultimate threat to every nation around the world. Ever since it was created by FDR, other nations began developing atomic bombs in the event where they would be utilized against their enemy if all else fails. This was particularly scary to the united states given that the USSR sent missiles to Cuba which is significantly close to the US.
1940's NATO;
Nato was an alliance formed in order to protect the territories that belonged to the US and Europe, against The soviet Union (USSR). This had an impact on the war given that it was basically a title for one side of this prolonged contention.
1940: The atomic bomb was a project developed by the US, that intended on threatening foreign nations. However, their responses to us were considered a threat as well.
ReplyDelete1960: The Cuban Missile Crisis was a plot arranged by the USSR to shoot missiles at Cuba, which is fairly close to the US. Eventually, the two opposing powers came to an agreement to remove all missiles from each other's land.
1960's Berlin Wall - The Berlin Wall divided Germany due its opposing sides West Germany siding with the US and East Germany siding with the Soviet Union
ReplyDelete1940's NATO - Nato was an alliance created by the US, to prevent the Soviet Union from taking over with communsium. This persuaded a lot of countries to join the US
1940s Atomic Bomb
ReplyDeleteThe 1940s atomic bomb was advertised as a powerful weapon was okay, and they made it out to be that this weapon wasn't as powerful as it is and ever since the creation of the Atomic bomb people have been in terror that their might be an explosion in their city/country/civilization because other countries such as in Europe had such a powerful possession of it, and because of that they ultimately had more power over other countries. The United States was always at risk with atomic bomb bombings when it was created because of the fact that the USSR sent missiles to Cuba which is very close to the United States.
1940s Joseph Stalin
After World War 2, Joseph Stalin being one the greatest nationalism enthusiastic, had his country becoming a nuclear power. Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) over eastern and central Europe, and because of Stalin the Soviet Union was transformed from a poor society into an industrial and military society.
1940's Nato: Nato was formed as an alliance created by the U.S and Europe to stop the Soviet Union from taking over and spreading communism. Many countries followed and also joined Nato so they were protected from the USSR taking over.
ReplyDelete1960's Berlin Wall: For the first time Germany was divided and the Berlin wall was built to divide East Germany and West Germany. West Germany sided with the U.S and became democratic, meanwhile East Germany sided with the Soviet Union and followed Communism. West Germany benefited more economically and politically while East Germany struggled because they were communist.
1: Berlin Wall - This wall divided Germany, causing the split to Eastern and Western Germany. Western Germany became allies with the United States and made a democracy, while Eastern Germany became allies with the Soviet Union and adopted communist rules. Western Germany became more powerful than the East.
ReplyDelete2: NATO - This was a plan made by the United States in order to have any country join them so they can prevent the Soviet Union's plan to spread communism and become more powerful.
-Luciano Cardoza
1. Berlin wall: the USSR divided Germany in 2 parts. east and west Germany. east was under control of the soviets and west was the united states.
ReplyDelete2. the atomic bomb: a deadly bomb that destroy anything in its path.
1) The Berlin Wall- The Berlin Wall separated Germany. It was divided into East and West Germany. East Germany joined the Warsaw Pact, and West Germany joined NATO. The western side became more powerful and also joined forces with the united states. The Eastern sided with the Soviet Union.
ReplyDelete2) NATO- NATO stands for North Atlantic treaty organization. It was created by the United States and Europe. Eleven countries had joined NATO by 1949. It was to protect each other for an attack by the communist Soviet Union in-case they decided to attack. There is a total of 26 countries today. West Germany, Turkey, and Greece joined by 1955
1940 Atomic Bomb
ReplyDeleteWas a big effect in the cold war. they used this to threaten almost everybody who would try to start a war. An atomic bomb could be dropped at any point of the day and nobody would be warned by it.
1940s Joseph Stalin
After stalins death the soviet policy continued. Which lead to the cold war ending with the fall of the Soviet union in 1991.
1950s- The Bomber Gap: was the fear that the Soviet Union gained an advantage in having access to jet-powered strategic bombers. The Soviets also had access to the Bison bomber to carry a nuclear bomb to the U.S., but no one knew how much they had. This then increased the fear of the Americans and made the Soviets more superior.
ReplyDelete1960- The Cuban Missile Crisis: organized by the USSR to shoot missiles at and into Cuba. The U.S. didn't want Cuba and the Soviet Union to have nuclear power warfare. Eventually, everyone came to an agreement and got rid of all missiles.
1960s-cuban missile crisis-the soviets shipped nuclear warheads to cuba. the u.s. intercepted the ships and they remained at a standoff for a few days. eventually the soviets turned around and left. this was important because it was the closet the u.s. and the soviets ever came to actual war.
ReplyDelete1960s-berlin wall the soviets put a wall separting east and west germany. this was important because literally one side was communist and one side was democratic
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ReplyDelete1960: Berlin Airlift/Berlin wall : The Soviets built a special wall that divided west,and east Germany due to separate beliefs in government. East Germany sided with the Soviet Union and believed in Communism, while the west side opposed.
ReplyDelete!940's: NATO was an alliance created by the U.S to prevent the spread of Communism which the soviet union supported. many countries took sides with this alliance.
1940s: Atomic Bomb Development
ReplyDeleteWhen the atomic bomb was constructed and then successfully tested, it served as a huge threat to the U.S, considering they were still shaken by the Cuban Missile crisis.
1960s: Berlin Wall
After the Berlin Wall was constructed, separating Eastern and Western Germany, it created a huge conflict because the Eastern part of Germany was all communists, while the Western part of Germany was all democratic.
1950s- During the 50s there was a war that brake out in Asia called the Korean War. The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. On South Korea's side there was the US and NATO and on the North Korean's side was the Soviet Union and China. The impact that the war had on the Cold War was that the war became global which led to the deaths of many soldiers from different country.
ReplyDelete1990s- During the 90s the reunification of Germany has occured. This was an impact to the war because both Germany was able to be united under one government which is a Democracy.
Berllin Crisis-
ReplyDeleteGermany's controversy with the Berlin Wall led the political leaders to fear another war because of the wall. This is apart of the Cold War and was apart of the separation of east and west Germany.
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test-
Since World War II and the attack on Japan with the atomic bomb that destroyed there country, an atomic bomb was not used, however Soviet Russia used an atomic bomb which scared the United States making them a threat to us.
1940's- The Atomic Bomb was first thrown on japan in ww2 when japan bombed pearl harbor. The Atomic Bomb is a huge threat to any country because its so powerful and it could be launched at any time.
ReplyDelete1960's-During 1960's the cuban missile crisis was something that lead to the cold war because the Soviet Union was trying to secretly make missiles in Cuba but the United States didnt want the Soviet Union to be able to have the power of a nuclear warfare so president Kennedy said if they do not take down the missiles that they were going to invade the U.S.S.R.
-On April 26 1986 when the cold war was starting to end, a nuclear power plant built in Chernobyl, North of Ukraine exploded. Due to this explosion thousands of citizens occupying this part of Ukraine had been affected by nuclear radiation and 36 died immediately after the explosion. This was kept a secret by the Soviets for about a day until the entire world became aware of it because of various plants recording unusual high levels of radiation in the area. This opened up the worlds eyes and made it realize that maybe nuclear power plants where probably not the best choice of power for a city.It also showed the world that the Soviets where very secretive about what occurred within their communities, this may of changed peoples minds about them for the worse.
ReplyDelete-On 1948 "Operation Vittle" had come to act by the U.S. In this operation the U.S flew over 2 million tons of food, coal, passengers and other supplies to Western Berlin because of the Berlin blockade.
1960's Berlin Wall: At this time was when Germany was split and the Berlin wall was being created to separate East Germany and West Germany. East Germany went along with the Soviet Union and were in belief in Communism, yet West Germany was with the U.S and was then democratic.From this it proved and showed, East Germany struggled.
ReplyDelete1940's The Atomic Bomb: The first war on Japan in World War II was when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor by bombing them.The Atomic Bomb was a threat to all people because of how powerful it was.
1940's The Atomic Bomb- The atomic bomb was the biggest weapon in the 1940's. The U.S was afraid of it being used on them because of the misseles that were shot at to Cuba from the soviets.
ReplyDelete1960's Berlin Wall- The Berlin Wall was created to separate east and west Germany. East Germany was with the Soviet Union and they were communist and west Germany was with the U.S and they were democratic.
1940 Joseph Stalin :WWII, He established the dominance of the USSR over. Europe, Eastern and Central, Stalins strong belief in nationalism led to him making his country a nuclear power.
ReplyDelete1960's Berlin Wall: Germany was split and the Berlin wall was being created to separate Germany, East and West. Went along with the Soviet Union and were in belief in Communism, yet West Germany was with the U.S and was then democratic.From this it proved and showed, East Germany struggled.
1940's NATO - Nato was an alliance created by the US, to prevent the Soviet Union from taking over with communsium. This persuaded a lot of countries to join the US
ReplyDelete1990s- During the 90s the reunification of Germany has occured. This was an impact to the war because both Germany was able to be united under one government which is a Democracy.
1941 Atomic Bombing-The government gave little priority to the Atomic Bomb until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
ReplyDelete1940s End of World War 2-The Cold War started after World War 2 because of disagreements between postwar Europe. Other people (France, Britian, United States, and Russia) had other ideas of how to handle poatwar Europe
50’s
ReplyDeleteAs a response to NATO, the establishment of the Warsaw pact intensified the cold war. Since NATO began to see the Warsaw pact as a potential militaristic threat and a sign of communist dominance they believed that communism would become more aggressive and go to war against Eastern Europe. The practice of containment was also increased in the United States.
60’s
Even though the six day war started due to tensions between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in the Middle East, it still had a full effect on the cold war. This is because it can be considered a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Supplying these Middle Eastern countries with weapons, the United States allied with Israel while the Soviet Union sided with the Arab nations. It was also a war lost by the Soviet Union to the United States. It made it apparent to the Soviets that U.S. weapons could defeat them.
1960's Berlin Wall - The Berlin Wall divided Germany due its opposing sides West Germany siding with the US and East Germany siding with the Soviet Union
ReplyDelete1940's NATO - Nato was an alliance created by the US, to prevent the Soviet Union from taking over with communsium. This persuaded a lot of countries to join the US
1940's- the atomic wall was developed. countries were scared to use it due to the fact that it was powerful and very destructive.
ReplyDelete1960's- The berlin wall was built. The berlin wall divided East and west germany. West germany was democratic and was with and on the USA's side as opposed to East Germany which was with the Soviet union.
1940's- the atomic wall was made but countries were scared to use it due to the fact that it is very rare and has so much power that it is very destructive.
ReplyDelete1960's- The berlin wall was built to separate east and west Germany. West Germany was democratic and East Germany waswith the Soviet Unions. West also is on the US side.
1940's:
ReplyDeleteAtomic bomb and nuclear research was conducted but was scared to use it due to the fact that it is very destructive.
1960's:
The berlin wall was built to separate east and west Germany. West Germany was democratic and East Germany was with the Soviet Unions.
1940s- The start of the Manhattan project, aka the production of the atomic bomb Fat Man, during this time period, it was dropped on Japanese grounds and finally ended WWll but also was the beginning of more of these bombs being developed by other countries causing the Cuban missile crisis during the Cold War in year 1962
ReplyDelete1945-The Iron curtain was created in order to prevent info from getting in or out of communist governments as well as Democratic info getting to communist countries
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization was designed to guarantee aid and protection from your allies when threatened by an outside force.
ReplyDeleteIron Curtain: The Iron Curtain was a symbol of separation between two rivaled powers, being the Soviet Union vs the US, in oither words, communism vs democracy
1) 1949 NATO
ReplyDelete-NATO is an alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. The main purpose was to protect each other from communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, United States, Canada, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Portugal would later join NATO.
1970s- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
-A nuclear power plant in Chernobyl of northern Ukraine was running tests in case of a power outage. To get accurate results the technicians had to shut down the safety. The reactor got out of control and exploded. The explosion killed 31 people immediately. The radiation poison would damage thousands of others. This would influence the way the world would see and use nuclear energy.
1) the development of the atomic boom.
ReplyDeleteThis powerful weapon was developed in 1940 by the united states of America. We only used this massively destructive weapon a few ties in history. But, when we discovered this weapon other powerful nations wanted them as well. This is what led to the arms race.
2) The Cuban missile crisis.
This was a scary time to be alive. the soviet union had placed atomic booms in Cuba in case they wanted to blow new York of the map. they could have killed us if not for the fact that we had booms pointed at them. By: Matthew Villa
1940s The atomic bomb was developed, and countries were scared to use it due to the fact that they've never seen a weapon like this and they didn't know how powerful and destructive it was.
ReplyDelete1960s Berlin wall: the USSR divided Germany into two parts, East Germany and West Germany. The East was under control of the soviet Union and the West was under the control of the United States.
1) 1940s- Atomic Bomb Development
ReplyDeleteThe Atomic Bomb's became a problem in the cold war when the Soviet Union sent Missiles to Cuba. It is now known was the Cuban Missiles crisis. The threat of the a Bomb going off at any known moment was a scary thing. It was a new kind of threat, because it was something that nobody's seen before.
2) 1960's- Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was put up in 1961, and taken down in 1989. It spent more than 25 years up between east and west Germany. It created the Berlin airlift which, meant that the US brought food to the west side. The West side was democratic and the east was communism. The west was part of the NATO and the east was part of the Warsaw Pact.