The Cold War: Every Crisis, Explained (GCSE History)

The Cold War for GCSE History: the 14 crises that come up again and again, in story order, from 1945 to 1991. For each one: a 3-second quiz question (keep score), what really happened, and what it led to next. Covered: why it was 'cold', Yalta and Potsdam, the Iron Curtain, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the arms race and MAD, Hungary 1956, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Prague Spring, détente and SALT 1, Afghanistan and the Second Cold War, and Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War. For AQA (Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972) and Edexcel (Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91) GCSE History. 📄 FREE WORKSHEET (PDF, 20 questions): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-we7... ✅ ANSWERS (PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a7gm... Chapters 0:00 The Cold War in one minute 0:38 Why "cold"? 1:09 Yalta and Potsdam 1:50 The Iron Curtain 2:25 Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan 3:12 The Berlin Blockade 3:50 NATO and the Warsaw Pact 4:21 The arms race 5:04 Hungary, 1956 5:40 The Berlin Wall 6:22 The Cuban Missile Crisis 7:16 The Prague Spring 7:53 Détente 8:28 Afghanistan 9:08 The end of the Cold War 9:56 Your score EXAM TIP: don't just say what happened. Explain what it led to next. Every crisis changed the one after it. That's what gets the top marks. Write your score in the comments! Every ___, Explained: one big topic, every piece of it, explained simply. #gcsehistory #coldwar #history