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Joseph Stalin (1878 - 1953)
Stalin took over the USSR (Russia) after the death of their great leader Lenin. He helped his people fight against the Nazis in WW2 and was the one who later created the Warsaw Pact with countries like Bulgaria, Albania, and many more. -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the conference held after WW2 by the US, USSR, and the UK. -
President Harry Truman
The 33rd President of the United States who helped his country fight in WW2 and in the early years of the Cold War. Also wrote the Truman Doctrine -
The End of WW2
The allies had Germany surrender to them and had the Germans leave the USSR, thus ending the War -
Map of Germany
During the Cold War Germany was split into a Western (ran by the United States) and an Eastern part (ran by the USSR). -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry Truman announced his new Truman Doctrine. -
Berlin Airlift
Due to the USSR blocking Americans way into West Berlin. America started to bring things to West Berlin through planes such as candy for kids and peanut butter -
NATO
NATO - North Atlantic Organization was formed by the United States, Canada, and many other Atlantic bordered countries to defend themselves against the USSR -
China
China had a huge civil war which ultimately turned the whole country communist -
North Korea
America helped South Korea during the Korean Civil War trying to prevent communism from spreading -
Warsaw Pact
A Pact made by Russia and their allied countries during the Cold War to be able to fight against NATO just in case -
Map of the Pacts
This is the picture of the two pacts NATO (blue) and Warsaw (red) during the cold war -
The Great Race
The US and USSR had a race to see who would reach the moon first resulting in having Sputnik 1 (a Soviet Satelite) get there first -
Sputnik 1
There was a huge race to see what major power would go to the moon first and this is an imagae showing Sputnik 1 (a USSR rocket) was the one to go into the air first -
Cuba
The Bay of Pigs invasion was led by Fidel Castro who helped overthrow Cuban dictator at the time Fulgencio Batista -
A Wall was Built
The USSR built a wall in Berlin to divide East and West Berlin to keep the Americans out -
Berlin Wall
This is an image of the wall which was built to separate Eastern and Western Germany during the cold war -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The USSR had missiles in Cuba causing a big commotion in America for about 13 days -
Americans Protest
Here is a picture of Americans Protesting John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
China and a bomb
China launched it's first atomic bomb just moments after their civil war -
Vietnam and America
United States troop go to Vietnam to help fight off Communism -
Vietnam!!!
S. Vietnam became a communist country which ended the Vietnamese war -
More US Propaganda
This image is showing what it would look like if Communism was to spread to America and how horrible it would be -
Warhead Chart
This graph is showing the number of warheads between the US and USSR during the cold war -
Soviet Population
This chart shows the number of Russian population during the Cold War -
Cold War Video
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Propaganda Against Communism
This image shows the United floating on the Atlantic looking across at the HUGE and RED iceberg the USSR and in this image it showing that we are pretty close to them and we should be careful -
Cold War Videos
These are 2 separate links to 2 separate videos related to the Cold War. P.S. you never said we couldn't use one of your videos... http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU8LU4wpS0c -
President Ronald Reagan
A former actor from California and our 40th president was i in charge of the Cuban Missile Crisis and was in power during the last years of the Cold War.
