the cold war in the 50s
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- The cold war in the 1950s
- Korean war 1950-53 -
- NK invased SK in june 1950
- a UN army arrived in korea in sept '50 to push back against nk invasion
- china helped NK push back UN forces
- stalemate for 2 years
- july 1953 - UN, china, NK = signed a peace treaty
- Impact -
- showed US commitment to containment
- SEATO was formed to stop the spread of communism in asia
- as it didn't escalate, it showed that neither superpower was prepared t engage in direct fighting
- Warsaw pact -
- defence treaty
- USSR, poland, hungary, east germany, czech, romania, etc
- may 1955 (following west germanys entry into nato)
- meant there were two opposing alliances in europe seperated by the iron curtain
- both alliances planned for military action against the other
- Peaceful co-existence =
- by Krushchev
- accepting the existence of the other superpower so that the other sides could exist without having to resort to war
- early 1950s
- why? =
- ussr wanted to improve relations with US
- korean war ended - so tension was reducing
- it was hoped that spending on the arms race could be reduced
- geneva summit (US, GB, france and ussr) = no agreement made but relations improved
- end -
- west germany joined NATO - made ussr angry, warsaw pact made, tension made
- space race still going on
- Hungary -
- Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy's reforms ---> if hungary left the warsaw pact, others would too
- Khrushchev was worried nagy's actions would threaten communist rule
- nov '56 = khruschev sent 200,000 soviet troops into hungary to remove nagy and restore order
- results -
- over 5000 hungarians killed
- nagy and his gov were removed
- nagy was arrested and killed
- new communist leader - Kadar
- impact of soviet rule -
- food and industrial products were shipped off to russia
- any opposition was removed
- communist rule became very unpopular
- De-stalinisation -
- october '56 - bad harvests and bread shortages - hungarians started demonstrating against communism
- pulled down statues of stalin and local communists attacked
- Khrushchev appointed Nagy in hungary
- Nagy -
- leave warsaw pact and become a neutral country
- hold free elections leading to no more communist gov
- UN protection from soviet union
- International reaction -
- US supported hungarys uprising with money aid etc
- satellie states saw US wouldnt protect against ussr - soviet control tightened
- Korean war 1950-53 -
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