Cold War
Published on Dec 04, 2015
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The United States and the Soviet Union shared two completely different opinions on what type of government their neighbors should have. The United States believed everyone should be democratic, while the USSR believed everyone should be communist. They also shared a struggle to be the strongest nation in the world, while they were the two superpowers.
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The Korean War started when Pyongyang decided to reunite the two separate Korean states, and captured Seoul. The United States then agreed to help out South Korea with the help of Britain, but went too far into North Korea. Because the United States threatened Chinese nationalist interests, China then forced them back into South Korea.
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Both the Soviet Union and the U.S threatened each other with nuclear weapons, which caused the making of two military blocs. The NATO acted as a military counterweight to Soviet forces in Europe, while the Warsaw Treaty was a response to the rearming of West Germany. The United States and the Soviet Union both wanted to become more powerful and developed many weapons and systems to make sure they remained superior.
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The Bay of Pigs was a place where the U.S planned to invade Cuba, because of their alliance with the Soviet Union. The Invasion failed in two ways: it failed to incite an internal uprising and the American air support never showed up, which caused the invasion to die out. This invasion caused the U.S's prestige to diminish and the Soviets to place nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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After the United States learned that the Cubans were supplying missiles in Cuba, only minutes away from the U.S, they acted in a hurry. JFK then made a speech saying that Soviets need to withdrawal their nuclear firearms and imposed an air and naval blockade on the island. Two weeks after JFK made his speech, the Soviet Union withdrew their missiles, scared of the imposing nuclear war.
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