Over the wall - 3

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• Leerjaar 3

What are we doing today?

Repetition

Info 6.3

Give 2 causes of the tension between the USA and Soviet Union during the Potsdam Conference.

Give two reasons to explain that the Netherlands are a capitalist country.

Which 4 countries had a occupationzone in Germany after WWII?

6.3 Tension is rising 1949-1962

Stalin didn't want to back down and lose face

1949: Atomic Bomb

Armsrace: Earth can be destoyed

Armsrace causes mutual deterrence (wederzijdse afschrikking)

6.3 Tension is rising, 1949-1962

Stalin tightens his grip on Eastern Europe               Satellitestates

cooperation between European countries                1951: ECSC 

Militairy alliances; 
Western counties;  NATO (1949) 
Easter countries under Stalin Warsaw Pact (1951).

Tension is rising: Hungarian Uprising

1953: Stalin passed away >  Nikita Chroejtsjov 

Hongarian Uprising > put down with violence(3000 people died)

Hongary waited for support from Western countries that never came

Tension rising; The Wall

SU was running empty

People fled SU through Berlin to travel to the West. 

1961 > The Wall

Tension rising;  Cuban missile crisis

USA has nuclear weapons in EU 

Fidel Castro seizes power on Cuba > communist

Chroesjtsjov supports Castro. 

SU missiles towards Cuba

What to do now?

Work on your HW assignments!

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