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Paper 1:6 A world divided: superpower relations, 1943–72
For this history module, students need to learn about:
Reasons for the Cold War
- Long-term rivalry between the Soviet Union and the West and the ideological differences between Communism and Capitalism;
- Tensions and disagreements during the Second World War;
- Key features of the conferences at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam;
- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe;
- The attitudes of Truman and Stalin
Early developments in the Cold War, 1945–49
- Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe. Churchill and the ‘iron curtain’;
- The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan;
- Cominform and Comecon. Disagreements over Germany including Bizonia;
- Causes, events and results of the Berlin Crisis (1948–49), including the setting up of NATO and the creation of two Germanys: the Federal Republic (FRG) and the Democratic Republic (GDR)
The Cold War in the 1950s
- The impact of the Korean War and the formation of the Warsaw Pact;
- Khrushchev and peaceful co-existence;
- The impact of Soviet rule on Hungary, Rakosi, de-Stalinisation, Nagy and his demands. Reasons for the Soviet invasion of Hungary, its effects and the international reaction;
- The nuclear arms race and its impact on superpower relations
Three crises: Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia
- The U2 incident (1960) and its effects on the Paris Summit Conference;
- Reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, including the refugee problem;
- The effects of the Berlin Wall on relations between East and West Germany and between the Superpowers;
- The Bay of Pigs invasion, the causes and key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the reasons for its outcome;
- The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – its causes, events and impact, including the Brezhnev Doctrine
The Thaw and moves towards Détente, 1963–72
- The thaw: ‘Hotline’, Test Ban Treaty, Outer Space Treaty and Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty;
- Reasons for Détente;
- SALT talks and treaty;
- The extent of Détente in 1972
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