Conflict and Tension 1945-1972: Military rivalries Flashcards
What was NATO in response to and when was it formed?
NATO was formed in response to the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, in 1949.
Who were the 12 OG NATO members and the leader of NATO?
12 OG Members include: USA, Canada, Brittain, France, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Beligium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Luxembourg and Iceland.
NATO had a collective leadership but the USA provided majority funds and fire power.
What was NATO’s purpose?
Collective defence and military strategy.
. If one was under attack it was seen on an attack on all members.
What were NATO’s capabilities and weaponry?
What was the Warsaw Pact in response to and when was it formed?
Formed in 1955 in response to West Germany being allowed in NATO in 1955.
Who were the 8 members in the Warsaw Pact and their leader?
The USSR, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, East Germany, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
In reality the Warsaw Pact was led by the USSR (even though said to be collective).
What was the Warsaw Pact’s purpose?
To counter-balance the power of NATO and to protect the security + interests of the countries behinf the Iron Curtain.
What were the Warsaw Pact’s capabilities and weaponry?
The _____ Race was the period between the late 1950s and the early ____s where space exploration experienced rapid technological and scientific ____________. It was a race for ___________ between the USA and the USSR.
- Space
- 1970s
- advancement
- superiority
How did propaganda contribute to The Space Race?
Both countries were keen to show that they were superior, so they used propaganda to portray themeselves as leading the world into the modern age.
Why did the Soviets ability to launch rockets into space worry the US?
They were concerned nuclear weapons could be launched in the same way. This was confirmed seeing as ICBMs could be carried thousands of miles using rockets.
The ____ Race was kickstarted after the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ____. The Soviets successfully detonated their first A-bomb on __ August ____, the US responded to this by building the ________ bomb in 19__. Defence budgets rose on both sides as more weapons were developed.
- Arms
- 1945
- 29
- 1949
- hydrogen
- 52
What is known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
The knowledge that launching a weapon would lead to retaliation, therefore the destruction of both sides.
What was known as brinkmanship?
Both sides would push eachother to the brink of using weapons, knowing they would eventually break down.
What was the impact of the arms race?
. Both governments made preperations for nuclear attack
. The ‘Ban the bomb’ movement
. Inspiration for pop culture
