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Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972

This is the 4th block in a two year GCSE course

GCSE History is an engaging and challenging subject that is both interesting and useful for building skills such as: analysis, evaluation and written communication.

This block we will continue our study of the Cold War by examining events that solidified the division between East and West in the 1940s, such as the emergence of the Iron Curtain and the Truman Doctrine.

We will go on to explore the first ‘flashpoints’ in the Cold War, such as the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War.

We will consider how these events further reduced the potential for the USA and USSR to coexist peacefully, and how the division between them manifested in the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and the increasing arms race.

We will conclude this block by learning about the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.

We will study the causes and events of the uprising, the leadership of Khrushchev in comparison to Stalin, and the way in which this event shifted the relationship between the USA and USSR once again.

Course Objectives:

To explain the significance of Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe and Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Fulton speech in 1946.

To analyse the impact of President Truman’s ‘Truman Doctrine’ and ‘Marshall Aid’ and the Soviet response to these policies.

To describe the causes, events and consequences of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift 1948-1949.

To examine the development of the Cold War in the 1950s by studying the proxy war in Korea.

To explain why the USA and USSR became engaged in a growing space and arms race in the 1950s and describe key milestones.

To evaluate the significance of the Hungarian Uprising (1956) on the Cold War.

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