Cold war part 3 revision
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- Created on: 20-01-19 16:52
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- Cold War intensifies
- The Arms Race
- Sputnik is the first ever artificial satellite launched into space (launched by the USSR)
- Started the Space Race
- Missile technology led to IMBC's. As a result of the Arms Race their was enough powerful weaponry to destroy the world 5 times over
- Put both countries in a state of Mutually Assured Destruction
- Sputnik is the first ever artificial satellite launched into space (launched by the USSR)
- New leaders
- Krushchev 1956, Soviet leader after Stalin's death in 1953
- Wanted reforms and a better standard of living for citizens in the USSR
- Eisenhower, US president
- Krushchev 1956, Soviet leader after Stalin's death in 1953
- NATO and the Warsaw Pact
- The Warsaw Pact was a communist military alliance formed after NATO. Soviets feared that their enemy was getting stronger so they formed their own alliances
- (April 1949) A group of Western countries including France, Britain and the USA formed the North Atlantic Treaty organisation
- It was agreed that if one member of NATO was attacked then all other members must come to their aid
- Hungarian Uprising Causes
- Comecon controlled the Hungarian economy
- No trade with the West
- Could not claim Marshall aid
- Living standards fell and the experienced their worst ever agricultural output
- The Hungarian Uprising
- Krushchev put the capitalist Nagy in control of Hungary to ease tensions
- Nagy introduced new reforms and Krushchev removed Soviet troops from the country
- Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact
- Krushchev put the capitalist Nagy in control of Hungary to ease tensions
- Krushchev's response to the Hungarian uprising
- In response Krushchev sent 1000 tanks into Budapest to regain control over Hungary
- 20,000 Hungarians were killed and Nagy was executed
- International response to the Hungarian Uprising
- The UN started an investigation into the events
- The West could do little other than condemn the actions of the Soviet Union
- Hungarians asked for support from the UN and USA however they did not help
- The Arms Race
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