The just slightly above freezing very scary prolonged disagreement (Feat. The United States and Soviet Union)
By Ajroddie
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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution started in 1917 between two disagreeing political parties. One was the red army which consisted of a democratic working force led by Vladimir Lenin who called themselves Bolsheviks or "one of the majority". The opposing white army was made up of monarchists, capitalists, and democratic socialists as a loosely tied together group. The revolution ended in 1923 in Lenin's favor. -
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Harry Truman to negotiate terms to end World War II. During so they discussed the reparation Germany would pay to the countries it invaded, Stalin stated he wanted half of them. They also discussed the Polish/Soviet/German borders and approved of the Council of Foreign Ministers. The Potsdam Declaration was also created; it threatened Japan with immediate destruction if they refused to surrender. -
The Atomic Bombings
The atomic bombs were developed through the Manhattan Project, a government funded research endeavor focused on harnessing atomic weapons. They were used on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan and August 9, 1945 in Nagasaki, Japan. -
The Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 were a group of filmmakers who were jailed for alleged ties to the communist party. They were caught and tried by the House Un-American Activities Committee which was a division of the U.S. House of Representatives. The 10 and other later members were cited for contempt of congress and served time in prison for one year and were required to pay a $1,000 fine. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is made up of 29 member states from North america and Europe. It was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949 and acts as a military alliance between the 29 member states to protect each other from communist takeover. -
Khrushchev's Takeover
Nikita Khrushchev was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during the Cold War as first secretary of the Communist party from 1953-1964 and as Premier from 1958-1964. He mostly tried to maintain peaceful co-existence with the West but instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army-McCarthy hearings were a series of televised hearings held by the United States Senate Subcommittee on Investigations on the conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. These accusations were primarily focused around government subversion. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long and extremely barbaric war between Northern communist Vietnam and Southern French ruled Vietnam. North Vietnam was only converted to communism after Japan invaded it during World War II, inspiring the ruler Ho Chi Minh to follow in China and the Soviet Union's steps. Of the total 3 million casualties between North and Southern Vietnam, over half were civilians. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a concrete barrier that divided Eastern socialist Germany and Western "fascist" Germany. It acted as a way to stop mass defection and symbolized the lack of freedom under a communist regime. Essentially, it was the front of the Cold War, dividing the Western democratic and capitalist bloc from the Soviet communist bloc. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall fell in response to the thawing of the Cold War across Eastern Europe. It began when the communist party leader in Eastern Berlin declared a change within his city's relation with the Western portion; he allowed his people to cross the wall. This had a domino effect on the rest of the Eastern European communist leaders who soon gave up their communist rules.
