cold war

• The cold war started in 1947 and ended in 1941
• It was a sate of geopolitical tension after WW2
• The two powers in competition with each other to become the most powerful country was the USA and the USSR
• The two powers had allies ,and were then called the Eastern Block ( the Soviet union and its satelite states) and the Western Block ( The USA and its NATO allies and others)
• It supposedly started in 1947 ( historians are not agreeing ) , the year Truman Doctrine was announnced
• The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy that provided military, economic, and political aid to any nation threatened by communism.
• The Marshall Plan was a plan proposed by George C Marshall which aimed at providing financial assistance to European countries affected by World War II so they could rebuild their economies and prevent them from falling under the influence of communist governments.
• The Berlin Airlift was a humanitarian operation carried out by the United States, Britain, and France between June 1948 and May 1949 to supply food, fuel, and other necessities to West Berliners during the Berlin blockade imposed by the Soviet Union.
• The Marshall Plan was a US initiative to rebuild Europe after World War II, providing financial assistance to countries devastated by the conflict.
• The Berlin Airlift was a massive operation where food and supplies were flown into West Berlin when it was cut off from the rest of Germany by the Russians
• The Berlin Airlift was a humanitarian effort led by the United States, Britain, and France to supply food, fuel, and other necessities to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade of the city following World War II.
• The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989-1990 due to various factors such as economic instability, internal dissent, and external pressure from the US and its allies.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of nuclear missiles on Cuba in October 1962.
• The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 due to various factors such as economic instability, political unrest, and internal dissent within the government.
• The Berlin Wall was built on August 13th 1961 as a physical barrier separating East and West Germany.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba in October 1962.
• The Iron Curtain was a term used to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
• The Cold War was a period of tension and hostility between the United States and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its satellite states on the other side, characterized by ideological differences, proxy wars, arms races, and nuclear standoffs.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the USA and USSR over nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1962
• The collapse of the Soviet Union marked the end of the Cold War era and the beginning of a new global political landscape characterized by the emergence of new superpowers like China and India.
• It is called "cold" war because tthere was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides involved in the conflicts
• There were still proxy war ( war from other country in which the two powers have supported each other one side)
• The Cold war split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany
• The USA and the USSR were the two superpowers left with profound econommic and political differences
• Khrushchev changed the Communist doctrine by arguing that there need not be a war with the Western powers as the Communsit system would eventually triumph over the Capitalist system because it was superior