Agreed on how to defeat germany, USA + UK to open a second front however USSR didn’t want this

Decided how to run europe after the war was won, Agreed on Eastern Europe, Germany and Reparations

Between the big three, they finalised plans for post war europe and agreed in splitting Germany into 4 zones

A secret report from moscow to Truman, saying ussr saw capitalism as a threat to be destroyed 

from soviet ambassador to Stalin, saying the USA wanted worl domination and was preparing for war with USSR

Why the USA should get involved - Containment and restriction of communism 

got rid of opposition to the USSR’s control in satellite states, encouraged communist parties to block marshall plan

Stalin cuts trizonia and berlin (berlin blockade)

What happened after a new currency was introduced in Trizonia?

1000 tonnes of food were flown in daily by USA, planes landed every 3 mins

Germany split into Federal Republic of Germany (West) and German Democratic Republic (East)

What happened after Stalin lifted the blockade?

Built trade links between countries to prevent them accepting marshall plan

Rakosi was fired, Imre Nagy was appointed and started reforms going away from communism, Krushchev invaded brutally killing

USSR launched Yuri Gagarin into space 1961, Neil armstrong and Buzz aldrin stepped on the moon 1969

Khrushchev stated all US troops had to leave Berlin as it belonged to East Germany and they had 6 months

Disaster, Khrushchev walked out as USSR shot down US spy plane

Neither willing to back down. Khrushchev saw Kennedy as weak and reissued Berlin ultimatum

Fidel Castro takes over and breaks economic links with USA and trading with USSR (CIA tried assassinating him 634 times).

Cuban exiles were sent to Cuba to stage a revolt against Castro, 1400 US troops met 20,000 Cuban troops and surrendered 

Dubcek became Czechoslovakian leader and wanted to make communism better 

Soviet ships carried missiles + Nuclear warheads to Cuba

Khrushchev agrees with USA to withdraw missles in return for USA secret removal of warheads in Turkey and Italy 

a cease of coldness in war, less stress, more info

A direct communication link between moscow and washington 

agreement to ban all nuclear weapon testing except underground and to lit nuclear weaponry in space 

What was the limited test ban treaty and the outer space treaty?

Stategic Arms Limitation Treaty, limited the number if nuclear weapons produced, No further production of Ballistic missles, ICBMs, ABMs

Internation cooperation, trade agreements, closer relations, human rights

“Perestroika” (restructuring) and “Glasnost” (openness)

A communist party overthrew , Taraki became leader, Murdering thousands of Muslims

Amin seized power killing Taraki however the USSR suspected him or talking to Americans and they took action

they invaded leading to many deaths and the end of Detente and Amin was killed.

Threat to use force if USSR took control of the Persian Gulf

1991: Gorbachev dissolved USSR and resigned 

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