Cold War, A series of conflicts, compromises, and competitions between the capitalist US and the communist Soviet Union to influence other countries into allying with one side or the other A series of conflicts, compromises, and competitions between the capitalist US and the communist Soviet Union...
coldwarnightlife Frank Tovey made art ahead of its time but didn’t stay long enough to see the world catch up to it. As Fad Gadget, his gadfly alter ego, Tovey came to attention by marrying electronic music to performance art, using it as a vehicle for biting political and social crit...
USSR Tests the A-Bomb (1949) Andrei Sakharov Igor Kurchatov RDS-1 (code named “Joe 1” by the U.S. in reference to Josef Stalin) The Korean War (1950-1953) Joseph Stalin Dictator who led purges and killings Industrialized Russia with 5-year plans Created labor camps (gulags) Set up ...
The Beginnings of the Cold War February 1945: Yalta Conference Split Germany into zones Split Germany into zones Russia agreed to go to war with Japan. `Cold War I. After World War II The U.S.A and U.S.S.R (Russia) were the two nations that emerged as superpowers II. Divided Eur...
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 Stalin escalated the Cold War by creating the Berlin Blockade in 1948 When the Cold War began, Stalin spread communism into the satellites in Eastern Europe Under Stalin, the USSR tested the atomic bomb in 1949 & hydrogen bomb in 1953 ...
West Germany, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now Germany. West Germany was created in 1949 when theUnited States, Great Britain, andFranceconsolidatedthose zones, or portions, of Germany that they had occupied at the end ofWorld War II. When...
NATO during the Cold War NATO in the post-Cold War era References & Edit HistoryQuick Facts & Related Topics Images For Students NATO summary Quizzes Figure Out the Acronyms ASAP Vocabulary Quiz Global Governance Quiz 43 Questions About Politics (Mostly in the United States) Compiled from Britan...
NATO during the Cold War NATO in the post-Cold War era References & Edit HistoryQuick Facts & Related Topics Images For Students NATO summary Quizzes Figure Out the Acronyms ASAP Vocabulary Quiz Global Governance Quiz 43 Questions About Politics (Mostly in the United States) Compiled from Britan...