The Cold War
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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By 1946, the United States and Britain were making every effort to unify all of Germany under western rule. The Soviet Union responded by consolidating its grip on Europe by creating satellite states in 1946 and 1947. One by one, communist governments, loyal to Moscow, were set up in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Stalin used Soviet communism to dominate half of Europe. Why Stalin did this might not be clear. Was he trying to build an international communist movement beginning in eastern Europe? Or, was he simply trying to protect his borders from any intervention on the part of the United States or the allies? The climax came in March 1948. A communist coup in Czechoslovakia overthrew a democratic government and the Soviet Union gained a foothold in central Europe.
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"Cold War"
The cold war got its name because it was not a direct battle or war. Both sides were not willing to fight each other directly and chose to sabotage each other indirectly; unlike hot wars where countries fight each other directly
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CAPITALISM VS COMMUNISM
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Containment was a United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad. This made the soviets very angry, causing quite a bit of tension.
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"KITCHEN DEBATE"
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During the grand opening ceremony of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in a heated debate about capitalism and communism in the middle of a model kitchen set up for the fair. The so-called "kitchen debate" became one of the most famous episodes of the Cold War.
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