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FIRST STAGE OF THE COLD WAR
The Korean war after the defeat of Japan, Korea was divided into a communist north zone and a capitalist south zone, the government invaded South Korea. The UN condemned the invasion and approved a US-led intervention. But China militarily supported North Korea. peace was signed and borders were maintained. -
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FIRST STAGE OF THE COLD WAR.
The Berlin crisis. The USA, Great Britain and France united their administrations and created the Federal Republic of Germany. The Soviet Union did not accept, it blocked West Berlin, which was surrounded by the Soviet zone. The blockade failed because the allies supplied the city with air. In response, the USSR created the German Democratic Republic. -
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SECOND STAGE OF THE COLD WAR.
From 1953 both powers began a stage of dialogue and relaxation, although there were conflicts the East Berlin government built a wall to prevent the mass flight of its population to the west. The United States discovered that Soviet missiles were being installed in Cuba, decreed the island's naval blockade to prevent the arrival of the missiles. -
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SECOND STAGE OF THE COLD WAR.
Finally, to avoid war, the USSR agreed to dismantle the bases. The danger was so high that talks began and in 1968 the first nuclear non-proliferation agreements were signed. In the United States, he intervened in the Vietnam War. Pressure from public opinion forced the government to withdraw in 1973. -
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END OF THE COLD WAR
Since 1977 the USSR deployed nuclear missiles in its catchment areas in Europe and Asia, and increased its presence in the Third World by intervening in Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique and Afghanistan. For its part, the United States deployed missiles in Western Europe and designed the Strategic Defense Project. The collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989 and the disintegration of the USSR in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War.
