Cold War

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  • Yalta agreement

    Agreement signed by the three main Allied leaders at a confrence to discuss strategies for the invasion and final defeat of Nazi Germany and the terms of settlement.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Request that Congress agree to give military and economic aid to Greece in its fight against communism. Truman asked for $400,000,000 for this aid programme.

  • Marshall Plan

    European Recovery Program (ERP) Marshall offered American financial aid for a programme of European economic recovery

  • Berlin Airlift

    During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city.

  • NATO Formed

    "North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance consisting of the United States, Canada, and 19 member states. The NATO was set up largely to discourage an attack by the Soviet Union on the non-Communist nations of Western Europe.

  • Korean War Begins

    began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. The United states then came from Japan to help defend South Korea

  • McCarthy Hearings

    Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy had become one of America's best-known politicians through his campaigns to uncover subversives in government operations.

  • U. S Tests first Hydrogen bomb in Marshall Islands

    It was so violent that it overwhelmed the measuring instruments, indicating the bomb was up to 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

  • Korean War Ends

    an armistice was signed to stop the war, the problems were never fully resolved

  • Soviet Union detonates hydrogen bomb

    The soviet create a hydrogen bomb more powerful than that of the united states

  • Warsaw Pact Organized

    also called 'The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance' the agreement which bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression.

  • Launch of Sputnik

    The world's first artificial satellite that took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.

  • Berlin Wall Built

    It was a desperate – and effective - move by the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to stop East Berliners escaping from the Soviet-controlled East German state into the West of the city, which was then occupied by the Americans, British and French

  • Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded

  • Installation of a Hot Line

    Bilateral agreement establishing a direct communications link between U.S. and Soviet heads of state for use in "time of emergency." Seeks to reduce the risk of a nuclear exchange stemming from accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack. Both sides connected by transatlantic cable and radio telegraph circuits for continuous direct communications

  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) Begins

    replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive Treaty providing broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems
    The U.S. wanted to provide for equal numbers of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles for the sides, to begin the process of reduction of these delivery vehicles, and to impose restraints on qualitative developments which could threaten future stability

  • Invasion of Afghanistan

    unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country by another.
    The United Nations General Assembly passed United Nations Resolution 37/37 which stated that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan

  • Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

    which required the elimination of all missiles with ranges between 625 and 3,500 miles by June 1, 1991, and all missiles with ranges between 300 and 625 miles within 18 months. The INF treaty is the first nuclear arms control agreement to actually reduce nuclear arms,

  • Berlin Wall Comes Down

    symbol of the Cold War divisions between East and West, and communism and capitalism

  • Unification Of East and West Germany

    The were seperated for years and now they were finally a whole and could prosper

  • Collapse Of the Soviet Union

    After years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth was at a standstill. Failed attempts at reform, a stagnant economy, and success of Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence against the Soviet Union's forces in war in Afghanistan led to a general feeling of discontent