Cold War


 
 
 

 Cold War
 

The Cold War began almost immediatley after World War 2. The Cold War got its name because both sides, the USA and the Soviet Union were afraid of facing and fighting each other directly.  Historians disagree on how long the Cold War actullay lasted. Some people belive it ended when the Soviet Union and the USA became better friends during the 1960s-1970s. Others believe it ended when the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989.

 

This war was not what most people think of when they think of a war. There was actually not a bullet fired or a bomb dropped. It was just a big competition on who could make the biggest and worst weapons and bombs of mass destruction, for example the atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb was made in world war two, and in the cold war it was it was manufactured massively. It wasn’t one of those one time make things it was a “try and make as much as you can before the Russians do” that’s why this warsother name is the arms race. The two countries competing on who can make the best weapons and the biggest weapons.The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the Untied States and the Soviet Union   bubbleshare errorPlugin error: That plugin is not available.

 

these pictures represent the struggles in the cold war such as the race to get on top or the first one to make the biggest weapons.

 

 

 

 

Allies

 

The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the Untied States and the Soveit Union. The allies of the United States are Western Europe, Japan, and Canada.  One of the Soviet's allies are Eastern Europe and China. The United States and the Soviet Union became the World’s only remaining superpowers, and their relations were not exactly “friendly”. The two countires actullay never engaged in open military conflict, so the hoslitels became known as the Cold War.

 

Joesph Stalin

 

As ruler of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953, Joseph Stalin was in charge of Soviet polices during the early part of the Cold War. Born with the name Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvill on December 21, 1879, he adopted the name Stalin, which means “ Man of Steel”.  He was born on December 21st, 1879 in Gori, Georgia, Russia now the Republic of Georgia, and died on March 5th 1953.

 

 

 

Harry Truman

 

Born on May 8th, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, and died on December 26th 1972 in Kansas City Missouri President Truman took the job when President Roosevelt died just before the end of World War 2. In his “ early years” Truman went to school in Independence, Missouri, but could not afford college, so he went off and worked at several jobs on his fathers farm. He got his education the hard way by being in the army.    

 

 

 

Cluture During The Cold War

 

The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, books and other media. The musical era of the 1980s, like may other decades the 1980s where music was way to chronicle the times and events or the era. Not only those things but, it was also based on peoples attitudes in their everyday life. An example would be, who gets into movies or other Hollywood things. There were many protest songs that reflected "hate" towards the Soviet Union. An example would be that in music artists wore costumes such as military uniforms. The most famous songs of the 1980s was 99 lufballons and Nena which described things that could go to necular wars.

 

 

Two Diffrent Sides of The Story

 

"There were two times during the Cold War when the Soviet Union was convinced it was on the brink of nuclear war with the United States. For much of 1983, it appeared the Cold War would do nothing but deepen. The year began with an attempt by Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to launch a so-called "peace offensive" -- a series of proposals that included a reduction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe and a summit with U.S. President Ronald Reagan -- that was meant to cool tensions."- CNN Newsground 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=v5eqNai4zhQ this link leads to youtube and is a political cartoon about the democratic side of the story.