Cold War - L5 Condensed Version

hello and welcome to less than five of the Cold

War condensed lesson scheme that we have.

If you're not being able to make it into school,

please listen to this short video which will explain the

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What we're examining today is the Hungarian uprising and its

context within the wider Cold War.

Mhm. Alright, my name's Alan Stephenson and I'm here to

give you a quick guide as to what this lesson

content is about and also provide some context.

So when we're looking at this, we do a quick

introduction task about what is the nuclear arms race and

pay particularly close attention to who invents what weapons first

and how quickly the dates start to match.

There are two simple starter questions there.

If you're confused, a quick Google search will rectify that

issue. But essentially what we're looking at here is the

growth of atomic nuclear weapons from the A bomb to

the H bomb to a delivery system known as intercontinental

ballistic missiles, the short version of which is I C

B M s.

Once we have parity between the two superpowers, we are

back at a stalemate.

Until that point, you could argue that the USSR felt

threatened by the U.

S. A's superiority in the nuclear arms race.

Now we are introduced to the two new leaders.

It's quite interesting that Eisenhower, being a military person, was

actually working with the Soviets during World War Two and

understood that soldiers lives were at risk due to war.

Now he really didn't want war to expanding for war

wasn't necessary.

And if it becomes necessary, then he would act.

However, he was open to more cordial relationships with the

Soviet Union.

Along with Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev came to power on an

interesting side note.

The struggle for his power, um, was quite complicated, and

there were several people who could have been the leader

of the Soviet Union.

But Khrushchev, a man who used to be the butt

of jokes at Stalin's party, actually became its ruler.

And perhaps because he was the butt of jokes, he

made a speech often known as the secret speech, where

he criticizes Starling.

And that speech started to circulate along the political elite,

perhaps thinking that the West could say make an agreement

with him, and also that people within the Eastern bloc

could have perhaps more liberal socialist leanings rather than Stalinist

communist. Or now you've been given an information sheet, which

contains pretty much a full description of the Hungarian uprising.

Essentially, what we're having here is a series of unrest

taking place with knowledge being appointed by Khrushchev and introducing

a series of reforms.

This goes too far for Khrushchev, and he tells knowledge

to back off.

But he doesn't, and he then says he's going to

withdraw from the Warsaw Pact.

And this creates an untenable situation for Khrushchev, who then

goes ahead and sends in over 1000 tanks to take

control of the country.

That's a quick summation.

You can find out more information via another video link

that I'll provide on my YouTube page, and also by

reading the content that you've been given.

Now, what's important about this is why did he do

this? What is his motivation for doing this?

How does this link to the USA and how does

this link to the U.

S. Are and with everything when it comes to the

Cold War?

It's about causes and consequences, as well as the narrative

account of what takes place in the middle.

And if you look at those you can see, the

reaction is, yes, we're sympathetic.

But we don't want to get involved because this is

part of the Eastern Bloc and there's a potential for

war to break out.

This is going beyond containment.

This is going beyond the Truman Doctrine that was earlier

adopted. This shows that the USA is willing to prevent

the expansion of communism, but not to fight it off

in those countries who were trying to get off the

yoke of communism.

So here's a quick guy for you that to show

you why Nagy wanted to do this because he wants

to get away from the Soviet Depression.

But many people were not supporting him because Hungary was

a satellite state and the international community community couldn't support

him, and neither with the other Eastern Bloc leaders that

you do have this power point.

But in case you want to take a screenshot, this

would be a perfect opportunity.

Uh huh.

And here we have a quick summary of those issues

that I've just discussed again, maybe a great time to

take a screenshot, and that brings us to the Hungarian

uprising. So we're looking at some of this causes, which

is just poor economic situation and Soviet oppression.

The narrative, which is very interesting about the secret Speech

USA offering support large wanting to have socialism rather than

communism. And Khrushchev realizing that he needs to keep control

of the Warsaw Pact in the Eastern Bloc.

And in doing so, he realizes the USA will not

intervene. And this establishes his power.

So he calls this a win.

We often see this as another example of Soviet oppression,

but you could see this as an example of Soviet

strength. So I hope you found that interesting and relevant

good look with you tackling this activity if you need

any help, please email me or send me a note

over Microsoft teams.

And I hope you guys can stay safe while you're

isolating. Take care.

Bye.

Cold War - L5 Condensed Version

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