Activity
The room will be split into 2 or 4 groups, depending on the size. Each group will either represent the US or the USSR. Together as a group you must find a solution to the following scenario:
U.S., Great Britain and France unite their parts of Germany to create West Germany, which also got an army. .
Soviet Union, what do you do?
USSR overthrows a democratic government in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968
U.S., what do you do? How do you protect democratic countries?
European Nations accepted money but needed confidence and security before trading and relating with each other
What does your country do?
Reality: Nato and Warsaw Pact
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance made by the USA which promised to defend its members
Check out their home page here.
Check out their home page here.
Warsaw Pact: military alliance made by the Soviet Union which promised to defend and protect its members
Check out more information here.
Check out more information here.
Countries involved
NATO
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom United States |
Warsaw
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland Romania |
These alliances came as a response to the situations presented above. However, only one still exist today.