Cold War

By bushs21
  • Gouzenko Affair

    Gouzenko Affair

    He was a Soviet Spy ring and he was working in Canada. He was trying to steal nuclear secrets. He was the beginnging of the Cold war for public opinion.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    This was sometimes also called, Crimea Conference. And was World War II meeting of heads goverment.Yalta became the subject of intense controversy.
  • NATO

    NATO

    The picture that goes with this is the flag of NATO. NATO's headquarters are in Brussel, Belgium. NATO also stands for North Atlantic treaty organization.
  • COmmunist takeover Czechoslovakia

    COmmunist takeover Czechoslovakia

    This was an expectation in Soviet Conquered Central and Eastern europe. Thid was not formially in the soviet orbit. American officials were concerned.
  • WWII Ends

    WWII Ends

    Germany and Japan were defeated. Japan defeated because of atomic bombs by the U.S. This war lasted from 1939- 1945, It involved great powers.
  • United Nations

    United Nations

    They met in San Francisco. It is an international organization. The united nation was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace League of Nations, to stop wars between countries.
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper

    Invented the first computer bug.She was also an American computer scientist. She was one of the first complier for a computer programming language.
  • United States first used atomic bomb in war

    United States first used atomic bomb in war

    The first atomic bomb here changed the world. The Pacific war would receive full attention from the United states department. And uncondition surrender.
  • Russia enters war against Japan

    Russia enters war against Japan

    This began with the Soviet Invasion of the Japenese. The soviet union would enter the war against Japan. Also once Nazi Germany was defeated.
  • Containment and Iorn Curtain

    Containment and Iorn Curtain

    There was a lot of supsicion between West and USSR. after the war West had felt threatened. Communist seized power in Eastern Europe with the Red Army supporting them.
  • Truman Plan

    Truman Plan

    Was a policy set my the U.S president. And it would also support Greece and Turkey. He told the congress "to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    This was the American program aid to Europe. It gave support to Europe to rebuild economies after World War II. It is also to said as a rescue program.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    This began after World War II. Berlin was occupied by the Soviet Zone. It carries supplies to West Berlin.
  • Berlin Blackade

    Berlin Blackade

    Was a major crisis of the Cold war. During this Germany and the Soviet Union blocked Western Allies railway, road, and canal access.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    The first Red Scare was about a worker. This was focused on national and foreign communist. This was a nation-wide anti radical hysteria provoked by mounting fear
  • Apartheid

    Apartheid

    It was a system of th racial segergation. Came under British rule and was also and offical policy introduced following the general election of 1948.
  • Tiananmen Square

    Tiananmen Square

    Third largest City Square in the world. It is also in the center of Beijing China and located in the North. This is the best known recent memory at the focal point of the tiananmen square protests of 1989.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    There was 75,000 North Korean soliders
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    More than 3 million people were killed in this war. This war followed the first Indochina war and fought between North Vietnam.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis

    Something that belonged to Britain and France. This attacked followed the president of egpyt Gamal Adbel Nassar's decision of July 26 1956.
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution

    They were fighting against the Soviet Lots of hungarians went to and his lasted from october 23rd until November 1956.
  • N.O.R.A.D

    N.O.R.A.D

    Most people though it was an Nuclear attack from Russia. This stood for North Amerian Aerospace Defense comand. This provides defense for two countries.
  • Great Leap Forward

    Great Leap Forward

    The plan started from Mao. From 1953 to 1963.
  • U 2 Spy Plane Incident

    U 2 Spy Plane Incident

    At first the United States denied this, but then was forced to admit it
  • OPEC

    OPEC

    Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. This was organized by the Baghdad conference.
  • Bays of Pigs

    Bays of Pigs

    An unsuccessful invasion in Cuba. This was also undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506.
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis

    Between Soivet and Cuba. Was also known as the October crisis in Cuba and carribbean crisis. It was one of the major confrontations of the cold war.
  • Ayatollah Khomenini

    Ayatollah Khomenini

    He had made spme speeches, and Ayatollah has also been arrested a couple times. He became politically active.
  • Test Offensive

    Test Offensive

    This was a military campign during the Vietnam War. This was launched January 30th 1968 by the forces of Vieet cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam.
  • Watergate

    Watergate

    Occured in the United States. Five men were arrested. The scandal resulted in indictment, trial, conviction, and incaration of forty three people.
  • 1972 Olympics

    1972 Olympics

    It was the second summer olympics to be held in Germany. This was also known as the games of XXX olympiad and was a international multi sport.
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    This was signed by an Egyptian President, and it began after Jimmy Carter was president.
  • Election of Rondald Reagan

    Election of Rondald Reagan

    When he was elected Jan 1st, there was arguments between Soviets and America, alot of tension.
  • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan

    The soviet invaded Afghanistan.
  • Mulroney Government

    Mulroney Government

    Was the prime minister of Canada.
  • Perestroika and Glasnast

    Perestroika and Glasnast

    This introduced changes in economic practice. The soviet union was engulfed by mulitple problems during this. In the 1980's.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Surrounded East Germany. This was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that had started in August of 1961.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    This stood until november 9th 1989. When they said anyone could cross the border when they want to. so i got knocked down.
  • End of Soviet Union

    End of Soviet Union

    Was dissolved in december. Declare office extinct. The success of the United States against the Soviet Union's forces in the was of afghanastan led to a general feeling off discontent.
  • Massacre

    Massacre

    An incident where one group of people are killed by another. There is no clear-cut definition for when killings are referred to as. Happened as a choice to someone.