Unit5 notes1
- 1. Unit 5- The Cold War
- 2. World War II StatisticsTotal Deaths by Nation (Numbers are averaged from multiple sources Soviet Union: 25,000,000 China: 15,000,000 Germany: 8,000,000 Poland: 5,720,000 Dutch East Indies: 3,500,000 Japan: 2,870,000 British India: 2,087,000 French Indochina: 1,600,000 Yugoslavia: 1,363,500 Philippines: 807,000 Romania: 800,000 Hungary: 580,000 France: 550,000 Italy: 454,600 United Kingdom: 450,900 United States: 418,500 Korea: 430,500 Lithuania: 350,000
- 3. Czechoslovakia: 325,000 Greece: 563,500 Netherlands: 301,000 British Burma: 272,000 Latvia: 230,000 Austria: 120,000 Ethiopia: 100,000 British Malaya: 100,000 Finland: 97,000 Belgium: 88,000 Estonia: 50,000 Singapore: 50,000 Canada: 45,400 Australia: 40,400 Total: 72,468,900 Albania: 30,000 Bulgaria: 25,000 New Zealand: 11,900 South Africa: 11,900 Norway: 9,500 Thailand: 7,600 Denmark: 3,200 Brazil: 2,000 Luxembourg: 2,000 Iraq: 500 Ireland: 200 Iran: 200 Turkey: 200 Iceland: 200 Mexico: 100
- 4. Difference between Soviet Union and Russia The Soviet Union contained Russia and today’s independent countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
- 5. I. Cold War- a period of intense political and military tension between the US and USSR Not a single shot is fired (1945-1991) A. How did it start? 1. US was furious with Stalin’s pact with Hitler 2. Stalin didn’t keep his word from Yalta conference
- 6. 3. Stalin felt the US should have entered WWII sooner 4. Stalin felt the US shouldn’t have kept the A- Bomb a secret 5. United Nations (UN) becomes a forum for both sides to spread their influence
- 7. II. US desires: A. Give all nations the right to self determination B. Reunite Germany C. Create new markets for American goods
- 8. III. USSR desires: A. Encourage communism around the world B. Control Eastern Europe C. Keep Germany divided D. Satellite Nations: Communist gov’ts in Eastern Europe controlled by Stalin
- 9. IV. US wants to stop communism A. Containment- measures to prevent the extension of Communism throughout Europe B. Marshall Plan- US gives money to countries that resist the USSR
- 10. V. Iron Curtain- The division in Europe between the Democratic free countries in the west and the Soviet controlled communist countries in the east Germany is split into two countries 1. West Germany- free, democratic 2. East Germany- communist, under USSR