Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1945-1991
After WWII
At the end of World War II,
America and the Soviet Soviet United
Union were the strongest Union States
countries left standing.
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The Soviet Union was a Communist st after c
communist country, where Ruled by Free
WWII
the government controlled dictator economy
the economy, and was ruled
by a brutal dictatorship.
The United States was a
democratic country with a
free economy.
Friends or Not?
USA and Soviet
Union remained
friendsat first
But soon after
WWII The Soviets
began imposing
communism on
other countries.
And so it begins
In 1947, U.S. President Harry
Truman announced that America
would help the countries of Greece
and Turkey fight attempts to turn
them into communist countries
and allies of the Soviet Union.
Viewed as the beginning of the
Cold War.
Even though the main struggle
was between the Soviet Union and
America, they never engaged in a
direct, all-out "hot war" from the
beginning until the end in 1991.
Berlin Wall
1961 the communist East Germans and
their Soviet friends suddenly put up a
barrier, soon to be called the "Berlin Wall.
They wanted to stop people who were
running away to the free part of German.
The wall separated Berlin and the rest of
German into pro-Soviet and pro-American
sides
The communists used dogs, guns and
landmines to keep their people from
escaping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
JhwaRYOgxo ( Kid President)
Berlin Wall: Think About It