6.3 Bombs and allies

6.3 The tension rises
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6.3 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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What do you remember from the last lesson?

Slide 3 - Question ouverte


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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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.

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Why did the USA come up with the Marshallplan?

Slide 10 - Question ouverte


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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Slide 12 - Lien

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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Slide 14 - Vidéo

Homework
paragraph 6.3 exercise 1 to 3

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