the cold war 1950s

• Korean War


  1950 - 1953
• Korean War details


  *The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.

  *The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
• USA hydrogen bomb


  1952
• USA hydrogen bomb details

  *A bomb 2500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb
• Eisenhower in power


  1953 - 1961
• Korean War Armistice


  1953
• Eisenhower in power details

  *USA president after Truman

  *Allied commander in WW2 in Europe

  *Helped plan the D-Day invasion at Normandy
• Korean War Armistice details

  *Signed at Panmunjom on the 38th parallel, which left Korea divided

  *South Korea became an independent nation while North Korea became a communist nation.
• USSR hydrogen bomb


  1953
• USSR hydrogen bomb details

  *A bomb 2500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb
• Death of Stalin


  1953
• Death of Stalin details

  *There were investigations into the widespread human rights violations that had been carried out under his rule

  *Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the new Soviet leader
• Khrushchev in power


  1953 - 1964
• Khrushchev in power details

  *Gave a secret speech in 1956 and introduced "Destalinisation" and "Different roads to socialism"

  *Beginning of the "Thaw" in the Cold War
• Vietnam War

  1955 - 1975
• Vietnam War details


  *A prolonged war between the communist armies of North Vietnam (supported by the Chinese) and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam (supported by the United States)
• Warsaw Pact


  1955 - 1991
• Warsaw Pact details


  *An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.

  *This was in response to NATO
• Hungarian Uprising


  1956
• Hungarian Uprising details


  *Hungarian nationalists staged huge demonstrations demanding non-communist parties be legalized; turned into armed rebellion and spread throughout the country

  *Nagy (Hungary's leader) was charged with organizing the overthrow of the Hungarian People's Republic and with treason, trialled and executed in 1958

  *Demonstrated how shallow the words in Khrushchev's secret speech were
• Eisenhower Doctrine


  1957
• Eisenhower Doctrine details


  *Policy of the USA that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
• Space Race


  1957 - 1975
• Space Race details


  *Competition of space exploration between USA and USSR
• USSR IMBCs


  1957
• USSR ICBMs details


  *Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

  *A rocket developed to lauch satellite Sputnik 1

  *This was capable of carrying an atomic warhead for thousands of miles

  *First time USSR caught up with USA in the Arms Race
• Sputnik 1


  1957
• Sputnik 1 details


  *USSR satellite

  *The first satellite in space

  *Beginning of the Space race

  *Sputnik 2 followed soon after with a dog called Laika inside (first living animal to go into orbit)
• USA IMBCs


  1958
• USA ICBMs details


  *Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

  *This rocket was capable of carrying an atomic warhead for thousands of miles
• USA Polaris Submarines


  1959
• USA Polaris Submarines details

  *Submarines capable of launching nuclear missiles close to the shore of the USSR
• Luna 1


  1959
• Luna 1 details


  *Launched by USSR

  *The first man-made object to orbit the sun

  *The USA then sent Pioneer 4 to do a fly-past of the Moon, prompting the Soviets to launch Luna 2 at the moon
• Pioneer 4


  1959
• Pioneer 4 details


  *First US spacecraft to escape permanently into interplanetary space