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Causes of the Cold War:

I should point out that this tank wasn't just used aiangst the Bolschevik Red Army. It was first used to destroy the independent West Ukrainian People's Republic, which was incorporated into the Polish state until 1941. In 1919 Poland undertook a major territorial expansion eastward, supported by western nations.

Contents 1 1945-1953: The start of the Cold War 2 The 'Thaw' (1953-1957) 3 The Khrushchev Era (1956-63) 4 The 'Long Peace' in Europe (1963-91)

1945-1953: The start of the Cold War

• Europe
  • Atomic bomb
  • Eastern Europe
  • Containment and roll back
    • Truman, Marshall, Cominform, Molotov, Comicon
  • Berlin blockade and airlift
    • NATO

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The 'Thaw' (1953-1957)

• Reasons for a thaw
  • Death of Stalin
  • McCarthy discredited
  • End of Korean War
  • End of Indo-china war
  • Russian concessions
  • The Austrian State Treaty
• Continued tensions
  • Continued Russian grip on Eastern Europe
  • Actions to protect communism
  • The Warsaw Pact
  • Russia builds up arms
  • Berlin problems (Recognition)

The Khrushchev Era (1956-63)

Destalinisation Polish Crisis (1956) Hungarian Uprising Suez Crisis Increased power of Khrushev and USSR Second Berlin crisis (1958-1962)

• Threats by Khrushchev against Western powers in west Germany/Berlin (Berlin Ultimatum)
• Demands to get rid of West Berlin
• Geneva conference
• Berlin Wall

The Arms race (1949-1958 and onwards) Cuban missile crisis (1962)

• Fidel Castro
• Bay of pigs incident
• Missiles in Cuba
• Naval blockade
• Consequences

Consequences

• Deterioration of Relations

The 'Long Peace' in Europe (1963-91)

Detente in Europe

• Distracted super powers
  • Vietnam
  • USSR and China
• Controlling nuclear development
• France withdraws from NATO
• The Hamel report
• Brezhnev doctrine
• Ostpolitik
• China and the USA

The Third Cold War (1979-1985)

• Weakening of Détente
• Solidarity
• Ostpolitik threatened

End of the Cold War

• Gorbachev
• Detente renegotiated
• East Europe
  • Economic problems
  • New conflicts without communism
• Collapse of GDR
• Reunification of Germany

Collapse of the USSR