This lesson contains 13 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
The tension rises
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At the end of this lesson...
- You will be able to explain what an arms race is and what satellite states are.
- You will be able to explain what NATO and its counterpart are.
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Joe 1
July 1949
The first Russian atomic bomb
It makes the United States very nervous...
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Arms race
The USA starts to build more atomic weapons....and so does the Soviet-Union (arms race).
They had enough weapons to destroy the entire world, however...
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They were scared to use them...
Mutual deterrence: Owning as many (nuclear)weapons as possible in the hope the enemy won’t dare attack.
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Arms race
This changes war: MAD
Mutually Assured Destruction: Military strategy: large-scale use of nuclear weapons by both sides would result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the idea that the threat of heavy weapons is necessary to prevent the other from using those same weapons.
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The start of NATO
Started in April 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO)
Originally a military alliance between North America and Western Europe against communism.
NATO still exists.
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The other side
- In 1955, West Germany was allowed to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- In response, the Soviet Union establishes the Warsaw Pact: NATO's counterpart.'
- The DDR also joined this alliance.
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Satellite states
- Stalin's grip strengthened on his spheres of influence.
- Governments like Poland an Hungary had to do exactly what Moscow said.
- They became satellite states.
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Satellite states
States that are under political, economic and military control and are dependent on another country.
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European Coal and Steal Community
- The United States wanted the western countries to work together more.
- One of the conditions of receiving the Marshall help was for the countries to band together.
- A start was made when six European countries started the ECSC in 1951.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
