Cold War - NATO and the Warsaw Pact
By Hunter Hong
Table of Contents
- The tense situation between East and West
- Berlin Blockade
- Creation of NATO
- Creation of Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union's Response
Situation was tense.
- Difference in ideology
- Fear of communism/capitalism
- Warsaw Pact was made in 1955
- A defensive alliance consisting of the Soviet Union and its satellite states
Roosevelt, president of US at the beginning of cold war.
Bibliography
Stalin, leader of USSR at the begging of cold war
- Plante, Yvette, Jorda Miller, and J. A. Falk. Social studies eleven, student workbook. Surrey, B.C.: Hazelmere Pub., 2004. Print.
- Cranny, Michael, and Garvin Moles. Counterpoints . Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print.
- "Member countries." NATO - Topic: Member countries. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 10 Mar. 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2017.
Krushchev, leader of USSR
at that time
Berlin Blockade
Map of East and West Germany
- West introduced a new currency to West Germany which Soviet Union disagreed with
- Soviet Union’s response, blocking the transportation which made it almost impossible for the West to send supplies to West Berlin
- Berlin Airlift happened (massive supply lasting fifteen months)
West Was Worried.
Original members of NATO were:
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States
12 members! Now it is 28.
Truman, president of US when NATO was created
The End