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Cold war Lexie Funkhouser (Korean War/ China (Soviet Union (got north…
Cold war Lexie Funkhouser
Early Cold war
They divided Germany
West Germany non communist USA
East Germany communist soviet rules
Berlin wall
East Berlin
controlled by communist
West Berlin
pre non communist
Iron Curtian
Dividing line that separate communist east Europe from non communist west Europe
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets had atomic bombs in cuba and where going to test them on nearby islands that would have hurt the usa
this made Kennedy order a blockade and forces the atomic bombs out of cuba
the usa had atomic bombs in turkey and italy
Cuba turns communist letting the soviets get closer to the usa
WWIII almost stated when a Soviet submarine almost shot a nuclear torpedo at a usa vessel after they singled them to come up
Arms race- was a comp. between the usa and soviet to see who had the more advanced warfare.
Vietnam
tunnel bases where common
1968 the year of the crisis
about 11% of men where killed by traps
France and communism Vietnam where having issues because one wanted an independent state
us blocked elections so there was no way of communism
since it was filled with trees and mud there was no clear enemy boundaries
very hilly covered with trees
Korean War/ China
Soviet Union
got north Korea and wanted it to be communist
attacked japan out of north
usa
got south Korea when it was split
drove the north Korea out of their country to the Yalu river which divided the Koreans and china
china becomes communist
gets involved with invading and starts helping north Korea
Korea
southern part was freed by the US
decided to invade south Korea to turn it into one big communist sate
End if the Cold War
our president meet with the Russian person and negotiated with him. He said if you remove your bombs from Cuba we will remove our bombs for Italy and turkey
it worked but a Rrussian submarine almost started wwiii if it wasn't was for a guy that said no
Soviet Union wants to spread Communism
Go to cuba when they get a new leader to try and persuade, turning Cuba communist.
United States wants to contain communism
the USA went to tons of desperate times to contain communism.
the cold war was so that communism would spread
during that 45 year period we won and tried to contain the whole world from it.