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2 Korean War February and October 1917 Revolution in Russia Treaty of Versailles was signed by the new Weimar Government China joined the UN USSR invades Afghanistan SU became CIS 190s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1980s League of Nations USA refused to join Washington Naval Conference Soviet Union WNC treated unfairly Gustav Stresemann was appointed Chancellor August to November tried printing more money to pay debts Dawes Plan, Hitler tried overthrowing Weimar Lenin died, Stresemann Foreign Minister Locarno Pact signed by Stresemann invaded Manchuria Collectivisation Manchukuo Disarmament Conference Second 5-year plan Schleicher became Chancellor Chancellor Hitler, Reichstag fire, Enabling Act, pulls out of LON and starts rearming withdrew LON Stalin s purges built up navy Night of Long Knives, President Hitler Anglo-German Naval Treaty Italian-Abyssinia Agression German conscription Hoare Naval Pact invaded Indochina East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Neutrality invasion Agreement Russia Hideki Tojo became PM, Admiral Isoroku Yamatomo attacked Pearl harbour US embargo, Breakdown of US- talks United Nations was Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Military alliance Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) became a key US partner and model of American democracy Warsaw Pact China conflict with Taiwan increase USSR Soviet trade Anti economy Cuba Communists $ stopped USA training growing Bay of Pigs Berlin Wall built Cuban Missle Crisis Soviet Union-Great Britain Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Khruschev fell from power Star Wars Programme Gorbachev, leader of USSR 6 entered LON Rhineland remilitarised Rome-Berlin Axis Churchill s Iron Curtain Speech Glasnost 7 -China Marco-Polo Bridge incident Marshall Plan COMECON Truman Doctrine Central planning 8 9 Kellogg-Briand Pact Stalin became leader, First 5-year plan Great Depression Gustav Stresemann died Young Plan Third 5-year plan Night of Broken Glass Austria- Anschluss Munich Agreement Nazi-Soviet Pact August 39- April 41 World War II Czechoslovakia Britain Poland France 1 USSR started building military weapons Berlin Blockade North Atlanic Treaty Organisation China imposed trade blockades on Taiwan and launched artillery Fidel Castro took over Cuba, becoming Communist Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPNW Treaty Reduction of Soviet military Berlin Wall fell

3 Cold War in Europe Terms of the Treaty of Versailles Disarmament after WWI Sucess of s recovery * Failure of democratic * Rise of Fascism War Guilt Clause Military terms Territorial losses USA Washington Naval Conference France Kellogg-Briand with the USA Locarno Pact Agree Disagree *Do not use, Introduction of the Rentenmark Dawes Plan by USA Young Plan by USA Reparations of the TOV Irresponsible printing of money Great Depression and as individual factors in the exams! Limited power of Diet Difficult working and living conditions of workers Trade imbalance Great Depression Showa Restoration Patriotic societies Army and Navy s growing influence Military takeover China Resurgence of Chinese nationalism American expansion in Asia-Pacific USA Immigration laws in mid-190s Paris Peace Conference 1919 Washington Naval Conference London Disarmament Conference * s foreign policy aims * Peace in Asia Pacific threatened * Start of WWII in Asia Pacific Causes of the Cold War Cold War in the World LON To control resources To find room for s growing population To build an empire in the Asia-Pacific To free Asians from Western control Growing influence in Manchuria and mainland China Mukden incident Military Marco Polo Bridge incident Western bias to increased hostility Weak to stop Manchurian invasion of Slow Self-interests Pro-military Hideki Tojo became PM Pearl Harbour attack China Marco Polo Bridge incident Hoover-Stimson US- talks USA US embargo broke down Soviet Neutraility Agreement Europe European colonies in Asia used as assets Competing ideologies Wartime alliances broke down Feelings of mistrust Division of Europe Iron Curtain Division of Berlin Blockade Truman Doctrine Communism managed to be contained Marshall Plan COuncil of Mutual Economic CooperatiON US- US-China US-Asia US- Mutual Security Treaty One-China policy Increased support for anti-communists SEATO ANZUS

4 1 Korean War Cuban Missle Crisis Positive effects Negative effects Korea was economically damaged China joined the UN was able to expand Better US-Soviet relations Led to more stable superpower relations Khruschev fell from power, Gorbachev caused problems in Communism China attacked Taiwan Bamboo Curtains promoted US Democracy Cuba remained Communist Tense Soviet-Chinese relations, many Communist parties around the world broke up 13 Hitler s Foreign Policy Aims To make strong again Rearmament To get more land for Anschluss To fight Communism Remilitarisation of the Rhineland 14 Failure of the League of Nations Italian Agression in Abyssinia Self-interests first Failure in disarmament Authoritarian governments came to power, trade wars broke out 15 Reasons for policy of appeasement Prevent the destruction of the economy by another war but making TOV fairer Allies not prepared: USA s policy of isolation and Britain and France was not ready To prevent the spread of Communism through a stronger Allies unable to keep order in colonies and fight a war at the same time 16 Causes of WWII Disbanding of the LON in 1946 Sudetenland Crisis Munich Agreement Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

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