The Cold War

Mr. Vititow

The Atlantic Charter, 1941

Roosevelt and Churchhill meet

• Discuss post-war Europe plans

• Create United Nations?

Churchill, FDR & StalinWar Time Conferences

Great Britain ------------------------ USA ----------------------- USSR

Post War Germany

Berlin Blockade & Airlift

The Marshall Plan

• John C. Marshall – Former 5 -Star general in WWII

• Secretary of State

• The Marshall Plan provided $12 billion in aid to Western Europe

"Many foreign peoples, in Europe at least, are . . . frightened by experiences of the past and are less interested in . . . freedom than in security . They are seeking guidance rather than responsibilities. We should be better able than the Russians to give them this. And unless we do, the Russians certainly will."

The Marshall Plan attempted to restore economic prosperity to Western EuropeBefore desperate people there considered communism a viable alternative.

Stalin did what he could to stifle economic prosperity and foment revolution.

The Korean War

http://korean-war.commemoration.gov.au/cold-war-crisis-in-korea/korean-war-strategic-map.php

Vietnam War Protests

Dinner and the News

SDI – Star Wars

The US deceives USSR that it has a new technologyThat can shoot enemy missiles from space. New Defense spending on space platforms convinces the USSR to develop the technology too.

The USSR spends vast sums to duplicateThe SDI program, but falters under the Financial strain.

President Regan pushed for more Defense Spending, and pushed into new conflictsIn Latin America where the US opposed Soviet expansion.

The End of the Cold War

• 1985 - USSR pushes for détente (a warming of the cold war)

• 1987 – USSR pushes for Arms reduction

• USSR pushes for more open policies in Eastern Europe

The Fall of the Berlin Wall