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Cartoon by Stig on the Soviet threat (April 1950)

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‘Hey! Hey! Pull up these useless barriers and move them up to the front! We need to set up a joint barricade!’ In April 1950, the German cartoonist Stig calls on European countries to unite in order to counter the Soviet threat.

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Cartoon by Lang on post-war Europe (25 November 1947)

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‘Auntie Europe: “It’s not easy living sandwiched between two very lively neighbours.”’ For Ernst Maria Lang, German cartoonist, friction between the Soviet Union and the United States threatens to slow down the European recovery process from 1947 onwards.

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Interview by Georges Suffert with Jean Monnet: extract on the origins of the Schuman Plan and the role of the Cold War (10 and 11 May 1970)

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On 10 and 11 May 1970, in an interview given to journalist Georges Suffert, Jean Monnet, former Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, describes the role played by the Cold War in the origins of the Schuman Plan.

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Message from the French Communist Party regarding the local elections (March 1949)

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In March 1949, in the run-up to the second round of the French local elections, the French Community Party publishes a message in the Metz weekly Le Patriote mosellan calling on the people to vote in favour of the candidates who are taking a clear stand against the establishment of the Atlantic Pact.

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Front page of Le Patriote Mosellan on the dangers of the Atlantic Pact (9 April 1949)

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On 9 April 1949, commenting on the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, the French regional Communist weekly Le Patriote Mosellan deplores the dangers of this new military alliance, which it considers a war pact.

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US note on Soviet intentions and military capabilities (20 February 1950)

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On 20 February 1950, in the midst of the Cold War, the US services draft an internal note on the intentions and military capabilities of the Soviet Union with regard to the United States and their allies.

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Cartoon by Beuth on Germany’s position in the context of the East-West tensions (25 April 1950)

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'Precarious pasture.’ On 25 April 1950, the German cartoonist Beuth illustrates the dangerous position of the Federal Republic of Germany, which finds itself at the centre of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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US nuclear explosion (25 July 1946)

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On 25 July 1946, the United States carries out nuclear weapons testing on the islands of Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

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Explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb (Kazakhstan, 29 August 1949)

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On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, a 22-kilotonne device tested at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) in Kazakhstan.

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Cartoon by Beuth on the Soviet threat and the question of rearmament of the FRG (24 July 1950)

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‘McCloy: No Wehrmacht, but self-defence’. On 24 July 1950, in view of the threat posed by the Soviet Union, German cartoonist Beuth illustrates the importance of rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).