Cold War

demilitarization, denazification, democratization, decentralization, and decartelization.

no military

nazis were made illegal in Germany

allow free elections

no central government; multiple parts

introducing an economy that was not connected to the government

Germans were tried for crimes against humanity from 1945-46. 22 leaders tried- 12 sentenced to death.

Created by the United States in an effort to stop wars and discuss matters in a civil way

every member state sends a representative

5 permanent members who can veto ANYTHING from the assembly, U.S., Soviet Union, Britain, France, China

UN forces invade North Korea in Oct 1950 and continued to be pushed back and forth to eventually cause a stalemate between the north and south

the idea that Eastern Europe is under an “iron curtain” because we don’t know what’s happening over there

the more nukes a country has the more power they have, always threatening with nukes

some countries that were freed from colonization turned to communism in response to colonies

George Marshall comes up with the idea after WWII to rebuild Germany instead of forcing them down (Versailles) as a different approach to avoiding another war

1947- promises u.s. aid to anyone fighting communism but the result was many countries taking advantage of the U.S.

concept to contain the spread of communism

26 July 1947, spies with plausible deniability

no victory can be achieved because of nuclear powers that would result in the annihilation of both sides, led to deterrence- if you have more weapons others will be too scared to fight you

49, includes western Europe and others to fight communism

48, fight communism in the Americas

55, response to being denied entry to NATO, included eastern Europe countries

54/55 south east Asia treaty organization

America giving supplies to the people within the iron curtain (Germany)

the separation between West and East Berlin that forbid crossing because people kept trying to leave

china going communist with the support of the USSR

leader of the Chinese communist party

leader of the Chinese nationalist party

the Nationalists fled to Taiwan where they remain today

where north and south Korea are split

north and South Korea are unmoving with their troops

Cuba going communist, dangerous because could lead to the D

the US plan to infiltrate Cuba with exile who lived in Florida to overthrow Castro so in the middle of the night they send a ship with these people but were arrested by Castro when they arrived in Cuba

closest US and USSR came to a nuclear war, one-week standoff where the Soviet Union was trying to set up a nuclear base aimed at the US from Cuba

leader of the communist party in Cuba who the CIA failled to kill many many times

the person who Castro overthrew when he came into power

the different stages of nuclear threat?

first satellite shaped like a basketball launched by Russia to prove something could be launched into space

Russia’s second spaceship was sent into space this time with dog Laika, to prove that a human would soon follow, burned up on reentry

when a country falls to communism the surrounding countries are likely to also fall

fought from Nov 1 1955 to August 30 1975, America lost which was very hard to accept, ended with Vietnam being communist even though they weren’t really connected to USSR

the French colony including Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

leader of North Vietnam who was a communist

the battle that ended the colonization of Vietnam

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991 who was hated by the military and truly elected to be the president in 1990, disbanded the USSR eventually

the opening of the economy because it was dying and he believed that more capitalism would be useful

the opening of society people in the USSR were given more rights and were allowed free speech

1986- agreement with Regan to get ride of nukes

1988- his response to the protests in the Eastern bloc was that they could have it their way (frank sinatra)

many countries started protesting and by Dec 25, 1991, the Soviet Union was officially dissolved, this ended the cold war and 15 new countries were created from the former soviet union