THE COLD WAR (1945-1989)
It was a political, economic, military, and social confrontation that began after the end of the Second World War. It was led by two countries: The
This war was divided into two Blocks.
Western Bloc that supported the
economic model of Capitalism
France-England-Belgium-Holland-
Finland
CHARACTERISTICS
1. It was not an armed conflict.
2. Between the United States
and the Soviet Union they
were organized through
treaties of cooperation and
military support.
3. Both countries had a strong
arms escalation (Nuclear
Weapons)
4. There was a permanent fear
of nuclear conflict
5. The opposing ideologies
were Socialism (Soviet
Union) and Capitalism (USA)
6. There was great competition
regarding Technology, the
space age (space exploration)
and espionage.
Soviet Union and the United States .
Eastern bloc that supported
Communism
Czechoslovakia-Yugoslavia-Poland-
Romania-Vietnam
CAUSES
1. Both countries wanted to
impose their political
ideologies, they wanted to
convince the world that their
ideologies were better than
those of the opposing side.
2. The US devised the Marshall
Plan, which consisted of
economically helping the
countries of Europe after the
Second World War and this
did not please Stalin of the
Soviet Union.
COLD WAR EVENTS
VIETNAM WAR (1955)
KOREAN WAR (1950)
CRISIS OF L OS MISSILES 1962
CONSEQUENCES END OF THE COLD WAR
1. The leaders of both blocs,
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail
Gorbachev (Reykjavík, 1986
and
1. The United States and the Washington, 1987), agreed
USSR accumulated a large on the need to initiate a new
amount of atomic weapons. model of international
2. The United States became relations.
the main power in the 2. The USSR. began a series of
world. profound internal reforms
3. The Soviet Union collapsed that led to a greater opening
due to its economic towards the West and
weaknesses. culminated in the fall of
4. End of communism. communism.
3. Symbolically, the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 is
considered one of the events
that marked the end of the
Cold War.