All Course Notes for Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972 (AQA GCSE History)

This 4500-word resource is a summary of the content required for Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972.

It includes 3 main sections:

1. The origins of the Cold War

• Yalta and Potsdam conferences
• Reactions to Soviet Expansion
• Berlin Blockade and Airlift

2. The developmetn of the Cold War, 1948-1960

• Korean War
• The Arms Race
• The Space Race
• NATO and the Warsaw Pact
• The ‘Thaw’
• The Hungarian Uprising
• U-2 Crisis

3. Transformation of the Cold War, 1961-1972

• Berlin Crisis
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Bay of Pigs
• Prague Spring
• Détente