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COLD WAR, 40s, 60s, 50s, 70s - Coggle Diagram
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40s
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JUL 1945: POTSDAM CONFERENCE. Tension increases as the USA has an atomic bomb, making Stalin feel threatened
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1947 : TRUMAN DOCTRINE. USA promises to fight against the spread of communism, increasing tension
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1947 : COMINFORM. Tensions raised as USSR rallies together Eastern Bloc, strenghtening its control
1948-49 : BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT. Tension increases dramatically when the Soviets try to force the West out of Berlin, and are met with resistance
1949 : NATO FORMED . Tension increases, as Western countries form a military alliance against USSR
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60s
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1960: U2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT. Tension rises as a US spy plane is shot down over Russia, creating a lack of trust
1961 : BAY OF PIGS. Tension increases as US fail dramatically trying to overthrow Fidel Castro, an ally of Khrushchev
1961: BERLIN WALL IS CONSTRUCTED Tension rises, as Khrushchev constructs the wall to prevent East Berliners from moving to the more prosperous west
1961 : CHECKPOINT CHARLIE. Tensions increased dramatically as US and Soviet Tanks physically stood off at a border, before slowly withdrawing
1962: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. Tension spikes as both sides get extremely close to nuclear war when USSR nukes are spotted in Cuba. It is resolved when US withdraw Turkish nukes, and USSR withdraw Cuban nukes,
1963: NUCLEAR TEST BAN. Tension drops as both sides agree to limit nuclear tests following the drama of CMC that no one wanted
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50s
1950-53 : KOREAN WAR. Tension raises as this is the first proxy war, US fights communism directly
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1956: HUNGARIAN UPRISING. Tensions rise as USSR crushes a revolt in Hungary, and the west doesnt intevene
1957-69: SPACE RACE Tensions rise as the two sides are now competing in technological advancements (USSR send a satellite man to space first, USA has last act in landing on the moon in 1969)
ARMS RACE: Both sides now develop H bombs and ICBMS , raising tension and MAD (mutually assured destruction)
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70s
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1972: PRESEDENTIAL VISITS. Nixon becomes first president to Visit soviet Russia and Communist China, calming people down and decreasing tensions