Cold war crises Flashcards
(7 cards)
Reasons the berlin wall was created
the brain drain
USSR suspected spies from usa
khruschev gave an ultimatum for the western allies to leave berlin (berlin ultimatum)
summit meetings to decide what to do with berlin
Americal U-2 spy plane got shot down led to increased tensions
consequences of the berlin wall
flow of refugees was reduced
western nations were given a propaganda victory
wall became a symbol of division between the east and west
peace was maintained
bay of pigs incident
USA organised an attempt to otherthrow castro (new communist leader in cuba)
CIA believed the cubans would revolt against castro but underestimated his popularity
1400 exiles landed in cuba but 20000 cuban soldiers were ready to fight
total failure for kennedy
castro grew closer to USSR and agreed to station soviet nuclear weapons on cuba
cuban missile crisis
american U-2 plane flies over cuba and sees missile sites were being built (counteract usa sites in turkey and greece)
kennedy created a naval blockade (quarantine) around cuba to intercept all USSR shipments
kruschev wrote a letter to kennedy about his act of aggression
Kruschev has said he would withdraw missiles in cuba as long as the usa promised not to invade cuba and to withdraw its missiles from greece and turkey
consequences of the cuban missile crisis
led to better relations
hotline set up between moscow and washington
kennedy became hero of western world as he has made kruschev back down
arms talks began and treatys were signed
USA started selling grain to the USSR
the prague spring and czechoslovakia
the prague spring was reforms made by Dubcek (the leader of czechoslovakia)
these reforms consisted of political democracy, personal freedom, trade unions (against communist ideals)
Dubcek had promised not to leave the warsaw pact
Brezhnev was not happy so warsaw pact troops were sent into czechoslovakia to reassert the authhority of moscow, 500,000 troops ended the prague spring
dubcek replaced with a loyal to moscow
the consequences of the prague spring and czechoslovakia
warsaw pact remained strong
brezhnev doctrine (warsaw pact forces to intervene with compromisers)
