9-1 Cold War 1945-91

You will find EVERY lesson of this course (in order) below:

Useful Websites / Links

TV Documentary/Drama

History Learning Site - Cold War

"Cold War for kids"

BBC Bitesize Cold War

BBC Cold War Mega series episodes 1-24

Cold War in 9 Minutes

Cold War Crash Course 2 - Overview

Cold War Crash Course 1 - Overview

BBC Bitesize Cold War Part 2

WW2 Conferences: Tehran, Yalta & Potsdam

Lesson 1: Grand Alliance & Cold War context

Early Tensions between East & West:

Impact of Atomic Bomb & Long / Novikov Telegrams on US-Soviet relations

Telegrams overview

Satellite States & USSR Control of Eastern Europe

The Cold War develops

Truman Doctrine / Marshall Plan, Comecon & Cominform

Berlin Crisis 1: Berlin Blockade, NATO and Warsaw Pact

FBI Investigation Task: Hungarian Uprising

Hungarian Uprising 1956

Arms Race

Berlin Crisis 2: Refugee crisis, Berlin Ultimatum and the Crisis Summits

Berlin Wall and its impact

The Cold War intensifies

Cuban Revolution & Bay of Pigs invasion

Cuban Missile Crisis & its consequences

Extra notes for Cuban Missile Crisis

Czechoslovakia Crisis: Prague Spring 1968

The end of the Cold War

Detente 1970-80: SALT 1 & 2, Helsinki

Invasion of Afghanistan & Olympic Boycotts

Reagan: SDI Policy (Star Wars)

Collapse of Soviet Union and end of Cold War

Early Conferences Revision Overview

Back to GCSE Main Page

COLD WAR REVISION ZONE

Cold War TOPIC MAP (Knowledge Checklist)

Berlin Crisis 2 Narrative essay

Online lesson includes model answer for Q3 Importance of...