cold war map by Lindsay Li https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb en-us 2023-04-18 13:56:12 UTC 2023-04-23 00:34:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Bay of Pigs, Cuba (April 1961) lauraj2789 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558681426 US: We must keep this invasion secret. The Cubans can't find out about this plan.
USSR: We will send troops and supplies to Cuba to protect them.
US: With your supplies or not, we will take down Fidel Castro as he is a communist dictator, and is detrimental to democracy. 
USSR: Delusional much? You're already losing. The Cubans have shot at your soldiers, sunken your ships, and struck down half your air support. ]]> 2023-04-18 14:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558681426 Greek Civil War (12/03/44 - 10/16/49) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558697873 US: We must assist Greece in their fight against the communist!
USSR: How dare you help out in a fight going against us.
US: We help the free people and there is nothing wrong with that.
USSR: You're going to regret this!]]> 2023-04-18 14:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558697873 The Marshall Plan (April 3rd, 1948) lauraj2789 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558703464 USSR: You Americans created the Marshall Plan to justify your interference with post-war Europe.
US: Actually, we just want to pick up your slack in helping the collapsing countries around you. 
USSR: To think we're slacking is almost as false as the intentions you just spoke about. We know it was an attempt to exacerbate, and even eliminate, our alliances with other nations. 
US: Your very bold to be assuming your alliances weren't already strained. ]]> 2023-04-18 14:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2558703464 Berlin Airlift (1945) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560252561 US: We must get food and supplies to Berlin.
USSR: No way would they be able to get supplies to Berlin after our Blockade.
US: We can fly items over if all roads and rail lines are blocked off.
USSR: What the hell how were they able to pull this off?!]]> 2023-04-19 14:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560252561 Berlin Wall Erected (1961) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560266076 US: The Berlin Wall is dividing families and limiting their freedom of movement!
USSR: Our people should be in our control. We don't want our people getting their brains messed up going on your side.
US: It's their freedom to go wherever they choose to go.
USSR: My people want to stay, regardless of whether you think so or not. East Berlin will always be better than the west, and they must be kept safe. ]]> 2023-04-19 14:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560266076 NATO Formed (April 4th, 1949) lauraj2789 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560276472 USSR: The formation of NATO is no alliance, but rather a problematic organization that was created to cause conflict with the Soviet Union. 
US: You're so paranoid. All we want to establish is a sense of some peace and protection. This was nothing more than a mere security measure for all 12 countries.
USSR: Since when did we start calling attempts to exploit war-torn countries, and spreading poisonous democracy throughout them, a "security measure?" 
US: You're mixing up the definitions of exploitation and assistance. Democracy is freedom, and freedom is a privilege that every country should enjoy.
 ]]> 2023-04-19 14:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2560276472 Vietnam War (11/01/55 - 04/30/75) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561898165 US: So typical of you to try and demolish democracy! We will support south Vietnam in their fight to maintain independence.
USSR: Support them all you want, but we believe the north will be successful in uniting the other half under our communist alligence. 
US: They will never be successful, no matter what! We will keep sending troops, and spending money, to make sure of it. When we win, other communist countries will fall as well.
USSR: Send and spend as much as you please, but you're, once again, already losing. The south will fall to communism!

]]> 2023-04-20 14:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561898165 Nixon Visits Communist China (1972) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561905081 US: President Nixon is visiting China and we can finally see pictures of the country for the first time in two decades!
USSR: Uh oh! There is now a wedge between us and china. This isn't good for us, and we need to take action!
US: Yeah, our view has changed on China. Although they are communists, they aren't so bad. There are no actions you can take.
USSR: We'll find a way! We have been their allies longer than you have, remember that.    ]]> 2023-04-20 14:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561905081 The Fall of the Berlin Wall (11/09/89) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561910145 USSR: This is a catastrophe! East Germany has succumbed to the incredibly flawed influence of the West. 
US: It's only a catastrophe for you. The people of Germany have finally regained the freedom to go wherever they please.
USSR: The wall may be down now, but we will get our people back someday and that's not a threat, it's a promise!
US: Well, more than two million of your people visited West Berlin to celebrate "the greatest street party in the history of the world." They will never be your people again.


]]> 2023-04-20 14:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561910145 Apollo 11 Launched (07/16/69) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561913508 USSR: You always try to one up us with everything, but you won't win the Space Race just like you didn't in Korea and Vietnam!
US: Oh yeah, we will. Apollo 11 has gotten the first person to step on the moon, and this is a major turn for us in the Cold War! 
USSR: No, this is unacceptable! We won't let you get ahead in the Space Race. We will work harder, and your "major turn" will soon become minor. 
US: It will never be minor to us, nor to the hundreds of millions of people who have watched it on TV.

]]> 2023-04-20 14:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561913508 Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561932154 USSR: How dare you spy on our communist counterparts! This is heavily hypocritical, considering what your values consist of. Where's our right to privacy? 
US: You'll get your right to privacy whenever your people do, but you have bigger concerns right now. We have placed a ring of ships around Cuba to make sure you don't bring anymore missiles in. 
USSR: We are only here to protect the Cubans. If we take the missiles out, you must promise not to invade them, and you must take your missiles out of Turkey. 
US: We won't touch Cuba, and we'll take our missiles out too as long as this prevents a nuclear war.

]]> 2023-04-20 14:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561932154 Sputnik Launched (10/04/57) lindsayl13 https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561941382 USSR: Yes!! We are finally getting ahead in the Space Race. This is a great step for us in the Cold War.
US: You may be ahead of us with your launch of the Sputnik, but only for now. 
USSR: In your dreams! We started the Space Race, and we'll win it. Our technology is superior to yours, and it will forever continue to be.
US: You have no idea what you're getting yourselves into. We are already working on projects that are bigger and better than anything you can do!


]]> 2023-04-20 14:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2561941382 Korean war (06/25/50 - 07/27/53) https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2562554185 USSR: Communism for the win! We will back up the north in the Korean war.
US: We won't let you infiltrate the freedom of the south. We'll help them in the Korean war against your communist forces.
USSR: Go ahead and try but you will not be successful.
US: Keep your communism right where it is. If you don't spread it to the south, we can leave you be. ]]> 2023-04-21 00:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2562554185 Warsaw Pact Formed (May 1955) https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2562586905 US: Oh no! The Soviet Union is gaining power. We must do something about this.
USSR: This alliance has provided a way for us to get even tighter control over other communist countries, and there is nothing you can do. 
US: We will not stand for the fact that your pact prevents members from seeking greater independence. You are restricting basic human rights.
USSR: So you can make alliances but we can't? These countries have values that align with our own, and if you try to change that, we will have no choice but to attack.]]> 2023-04-21 01:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lindsayl13/rmxjompivawiekdb/wish/2562586905