COLDWAR by Ciarra Mack https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc en-us 2023-05-04 15:42:20 UTC 2023-05-04 20:37:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Postwar Occupation & Division of Germany cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578573509 Summary -  The surrender of the German forces ended ww2 for germany. This was mostly about the rebuilding of the economy.  The conference signified that they should receive goods and equipment for losses during the war, ending in the United States merging with the british.

Dates - May 8, 1945, 1871, June 5, 1945, 1943, July 17 - Aug 2 1945.

Leaders - Wilhelm Keitel, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill,  

Outcome - United States and British eventually merged to higher self efficiency. 

]]> 2023-05-04 16:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578573509 Marshall Plan cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578779014 Summary - This was to give Europe financial and military assistance.
This plan was the European Recovery program aided and made by George Marshall.

Dates - From 1945 through 1947, 1948 - 1952

Leaders - George Kennan, William Clayton, George Marshall.

Outcome -  The nations were greatly affected by this plan. This plan led to full recovery and they grew.

]]> 2023-05-04 19:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578779014 Chinese Revolution cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578780434 Summary - The Chinese Revolution was to create a communist state with size and power. This led to communist victory throughout the years.

Dates - Began in 1946 - 1950

Leaders - Mao Zedong, Chian Kai-Shek

Outcome - The west blocked change in the UN security council. Chinese troops battled UN forces in the Korean War.

]]> 2023-05-04 19:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578780434 Berlin Blockade & Berlin Airlift cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578783154 Summary - blockade of US,UK and French of Berlin by the Soviet Union. Risking war by not shooting and succeeding in airlift.

Dates - 1948, June 17th, 1948, June 20, April, May 12, 1949, 

Leaders - Joseph Stalin

Outcome - The Berlin airlift was a successful, cold war victory.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578783154 Korean War cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578785440 Summary - After the Korean war after the signing the country was announced as divided. Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

Dates - June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953

Leaders - Douglas MacArthur, Matthew Ridgway

Outcome  - An armistice was signed. This ended combat operations and left Korea divided. 

]]> 2023-05-04 20:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578785440 Vietnam War cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578786910 Summary - A conflict against the United States.  This was also a conflict that targeted the communist government.

Dates - November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975

Leaders - Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon Johnson

Outcome - Communist war ended by seizing control of South Vietnam. The country was unified the following year.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578786910 Cuban Revolution cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578787746 Summary -  It was a chance to overthrow the government of cuba. This revolution was an armed revolt.

Dates - 1959, March 1958, July 1960, December 1961, January 1961.

Leaders - Fidel Castro, Fugencia Batista, John F. Kennedy.

Outcome -  Castro’s government became nationalism and centralization. This transformed Cubas society and economy.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578787746 Formation of the Eastern Bloc cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578788780 Summary - this consisted of countries being under control. Countries tried leaving the Eastern Bloc but failed. The Soviet Union eventually escaped.

Dates - 1960s, 1968, 1931, 1985

Leaders - Mikhail Gorbachev

Outcome - reforms took place such as “Prague Spring”.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578788780 Rise & Fall of the Berlin Wall cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578790348 Summary - Built by the German Democratic Republic. This was built to prevent its population from escaping East Berlin.

Dates - August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989 - 1994

Leaders - Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan

Outcome - Bonding under the Warsaw Pact, European countries defense alliance with the Soviet union. Reunification of Germany.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578790348 Bay of Pigs Invasion cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578792507 Summary - Cuban planes fought the invaders. This led to the sinking of escort ships and destroying half of exiled air support. 

Dates - April 17, 1962 - April 20, 1962

Leaders - JFK, RFK, Charles Cabell, Allen Dulles 

Outcome - Brigade 2506 landed at Bay of pigs. They were defeated within 2 days by Cuban forces.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578792507 Cuban Missile Crisis cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578793257 Summary - Spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missles being built and transported. These missiles were being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.

Dates -  October 16, 1962 - October 29, 1962

Leaders - President Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro

Outcome - The United States ended their quarantine.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578793257 Soviet War in Afghanistan cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578794557 Summary - Mujahideen group fought Soviet Union forces. The group also fought the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Dates - December 24, 1979 - February 15, 1989

Leaders - Leonid Brezhnev, Babrak Karmal, Mohammad Najibullah

Outcome - Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan beginning of the Afghan Civil War

]]> 2023-05-04 20:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578794557 Tiananmen Square Massacre cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578795643 Summary - This was a protest calling for greater freedom. This was a result of the Chinese government crackdown.

Dates - April 15, 1989 - June 4, 1989

Leaders - Premier Li Peng, Li Xiannian, Wang Zhen

Outcome - State Council declared martial law. The troops advanced into central parts killing demonstrators and bystanders.

]]> 2023-05-04 20:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578795643 Fall of the Soviet Union cmack48 https://padlet.com/cmack48/um4nxapkzmahshuc/wish/2578796862 Summary - culmination of a conflict between old and new. This had been underway since Gorbachev had risen. 
         
Dates - August 18, 1991 - December 31, 1991

Leaders - Mikhail Gorbachev, Konstantin Cherneko 

Outcome - An unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev sealing the fate of the Soviet Union. The coup resulted in diminishing Gorbachev’s power.

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