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The Arms Race
- NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
- April 1949
- Established by the EU after the Blockade in
order to ‘keep the USA in and the USSR out’
- NATO members agreed that if any NATO country came under attack, all members
of NATO would come to their defence. Defending the West against Communism.
- Established by the EU after the Blockade in
order to ‘keep the USA in and the USSR out’
- 1955
- The USSR created the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of Eastern European countries which mirrored NATO.
- The USSR created the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of Eastern European countries which mirrored NATO.
- April 1949
- A continuing commitment to maintaining a large army, navy and air
force, and the development of ever-more-deadly nuclear weapons
- 1945
- USA became the first country to develop and use a nuclear bomb
- By 1949 the USSR had caught up
- By 1949 the USSR had caught up
- USA became the first country to develop and use a nuclear bomb
- By 1953, both countries had hydrogen bombs, and during the 1950s and
1960s both countries competed to create large numbers of nuclear weapons.
- However, the USSR was simply not wealthy enough to mass-produce missiles and Khrushchev’s claim
that the USSR was ’producing missiles like we are producing sausages’ was an empty boast.
- However, the USSR was simply not wealthy enough to mass-produce missiles and Khrushchev’s claim
that the USSR was ’producing missiles like we are producing sausages’ was an empty boast.
- 1945
- Importance
- It prevented a war in Europe
- The USSR had 3 million troops and could easily capture Western
Germany. However, the Soviet leaders would never order an
invasion because they feared an American nuclear retaliation.
- The USSR had 3 million troops and could easily capture Western
Germany. However, the Soviet leaders would never order an
invasion because they feared an American nuclear retaliation.
- In 1961, America had almost 20 times more nuclear weapons than
the USSR. What is more, American nuclear weapons were able to
reach the USSR, whereas Soviet weapons could not reach America.
- It prevented a war in Europe
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