1. U.N.
 Once Germany was
defeated the
Court of
representatives of 48 Justice
countries met in New
York and they signed
the U.N. Charter
Economic
 There are five and General Security
permanent members in Social assambly Council
Council
the Security
Council .They have
got the veto´s right
secretariat

2. Key factors
 A complete lack of trust among politicians on each side
 Building up huge armed forces to threaten the other side (but not
actually using them)
 Using the media to criticize the actions of the other side
 Co-operating with and supporting anyone who was an enemy of
the ‘other side’

3. The Marshall Plan
 The Marshall Plan sent $13
billion as economic aid to
help rebuild Europe
– Helped stabilize European
economies
– Restarted consumer production
in factories

4. Propaganda

5. PROPAGANDA

7. Berlin Blockade (1948-1949)
 Stalin blockades roads
into West Berlin, so
Allies cannot get
supplies in
 Stalin hopes to take
complete control of
Berlin
 Believes USA will not
fight against Berlin
Blockade

8. Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)
 Allies airlift supplies into West Berlin
 After 321 days, Stalin gives up blockade and
creates communist East Germany

9. Berlín

10. The Berlin wall 1961
 West Berlin was booming
, with plenty of jobs ,
goods and shops
 A steady stream (marea
humana) of East
berliners moved to the
richer life in west Berlin.
 The URSS decided to put
a stop to this and built
the Berlin in wall across
the city, with checkpints
to control who went in
and out.

11. KOREA
 The tension between
communist and non
communist states was
not limited to Europe
and in 1950 it led to
war in Korea.
 Korea was divided in
two states , the same
Germany
 In 1950 North Korea
invaded South Korea
 General MacArthur
played the most
important role
 The war finished in
1953 They are drawn
(empatados, en
tablas)

12. CUBA 1962, the longest night
 In 1962 USA spy
planes discovered
that the USSR was
building missile
bases on the island of
Cuba, which meant
that USSR missiles
could be lounched
against the USA
 The USA sent
warships to interceot
the missiles that
were being delivered
to the bases on
Cuba . This meant
that the warships of
the USA and USSR
might clash and star
a war

13. The Cuban Missile Crisis
1962

17. The Vietnam War
c.1963-1975

18. Ho Chi Minh
 North Vietnam was under
the communist
goverment of Ho Chi-Minh
 South Vietnam had
government that was
friendly to USA
 There were elections
and USA was against
them fearing the
communists won them .

19. Vietcong
 Vietcong fought to
overthrow the government
of South Vietnam
 They were helped by North
Vietnam
 In 1973 a ceasefire was
agreed upon , but the fight
continued until 1975.
 The conmunist won the
fight and USA left Vietnam

20. Vietnam War Ends
End of War
 1973, after long negotiations, U.S. reached peace agreement with North Vietnam,
withdrew military support; without support, South lost ground
 1975, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, ending war
After the War
 1976, Vietnam reunited officially, but faced major problems
 Millions dead or made homeless; Vietnamese economy severely crippled
 1980s, abandoned Soviet-style planned economy, made economic reforms
Still Communist Nation
 1995, U.S. formally recognized united Vietnam
 Two nations agreed to improve trade relationship
 Many economic reforms; political reforms slow for Communist nation

21. Peaceful Coexistence
 A new generations
of rulers helped to
continue this peaceful
atmosphere.
 Krushchev in USSR
and Kennedy in USA
showed the world
more tolerant
behaviour, when it
came to ideological
differences with the
opponents