Category Archives: Cold War Soviet Control – Archived

(HOW SECURE WAS THE USSR’s CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE, 1948-c.1989?) Today we are going to look at: Gorbachev and the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe. You need the following textbook information for this topic: (Unfortunately this book is out of print – hence the online version.) 1. REVISION: There was a period ofContinue reading “Y11: 3-14. Gorbachev & the collapse of Communism”

(HOW SECURE WAS THE USSR’s CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE, 1948-c.1989?) Today we are going to look at: ‘Solidarity’ in Poland. You need the following textbook information for this topic: (Unfortunately this book is out of print – hence the online version.) 1. The 1970 marked a period of relaxation in the Cold War. This isContinue reading “Y11: 3-13. “Solidarity””

(HOW SECURE WAS THE USSR’s CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE, 1948-c.1989?) Today we are going to look at: The Berlin Wall. You need the following textbook information for this topic: (Unfortunately this book is out of print – hence the online version.) 1. In the early hours of 13 August 1961 Soviet “shock-workers” closed the borderContinue reading “Y11: 3-12. The Berlin Wall”

(HOW SECURE WAS THE USSR’s CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE, 1948-c.1989?) Today we are going to look at: Resistance to Soviet power in Czechoslovakia (1968). You need the following textbook information for this topic: (Unfortunately this book is out of print – hence the online version.) 1. What happened? Soviet Control – background… Czech-Leadership: Novotny DubcekContinue reading “Y11: 3-11. Czechoslovakia (1968)”

(HOW SECURE WAS THE USSR’s CONTROL OVER EASTERN EUROPE, 1948-c.1989?) Today we are going to look at: Resistance to Soviet power in Hungary (1956). You need the following textbook information for this topic: (Unfortunately this book is out of print – hence the online version.) 1. USSR’s control over Eastern Europe – Introduction. (8:00 minutesContinue reading “Y11: 3-10. Hungary (1956)”

You will learn the following about how secure the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe was: The following Cold War Lessons are relevant to this topic: INTRODUCTION: Lesson 1. What was the Cold War? Lesson 2. Origins of the Cold War. Lesson 3. Soviet Expansion into Eastern Europe. AND: Lesson 10. Hungary (1956). Lesson 11. CzechoslovakiaContinue reading “Y11: How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?”