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Arms race
Definition:-Parties competes to produce larger numbers
ofweapons, greater armies, superiormilitary technology, etc.
Increase in airforce, naval and military size
At its peak usa and ussr had 30,000 nuclear warheads EACH
Some people felt the world would end and so built bunkers in case
of nuclear war
malfunction of launch detection system
Even today, theUnited StatesandRussiamaintain roughly 1,800
of their nuclear weapons on high-alert status ready to be
launched within minutes of a warning
Korean War
Korea had been a part of the Japanese empire, and afterWorld War II
it fell to the Americans
In August 1945, the Korean peninsula in half along the 38th parallel.
The Russians occupied the area north of the line and the United
States occupied the area to its south thus splitting Korea into two.
The Korean War began when in June 1950 some 75,000 soldiers from
the North Korean Peoples Army poured across the 38th parallel
The fight on the Korean peninsula was a symbol of the global struggle
between east and west
Nearly 5 million people died in the war on both sides.
Till this day only a cease fire has been signed, but no peace treaty.
Suez crisis
On October 29, 1956, Israeli armed forces pushed into
Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president
nationalized the canal initiating the Suez Crisis.
The Soviets were eager to exploit Arab nationalism and
gain a foothold in the Middle East. They supplied arms
and help the Egypt government build a dam which the
Americans had declined.
USSR Issues warning to wipe Western Europe clean off
the map if Britain and France invaded.
United States intervened and threatened to put
sanctions which made Britain France and Israel step
down.
Space Race
After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, a new conflict
began. Known as the Cold War, and space would become a new arena for
this competition.
The soviets launched the first satellite into space which made the
Americans nervous and so to prove their might, a few years later they
launched their own.
The soviets went a step further and in 1961 sent the first man in space.
The Americans followed behind in 1962.
From 1961-64 NASA budget increased 500% and on July 16 th 1969 US
successfully landed a man on the moon.
By landing on the moon, the United States effectively won the space
race
And after 4 fail attempts to land on the moon, USSR gave up.
Berlin Wall
AsWorld War IIcame to an end in 1945, the allies
decided to split Germany into 4 parts
The east would be controlled by the USSR and the west
by Great Britain, France and the United States.
Blockade in 1948
Migration from east to west and construction of berlin
wall
Constructed in 2 weeks by army and police.
Heavily fenced, shoot on sight orders. 171 people died.
November 9, 1989 the wall came down.