Cold War

By Peter Kang

  • Yalta Conference

    The conference decided to divide Germany into four zones,
    The United Nations(UN) replaced the failed League of Nations
  • Period: to

    Cold War

  • Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, VP Harry S. Truman becomes president

    He suffered a stroke
  • Period: to

    Potsdam Conference

    decide punishment of Germany

  • Berlin Blockade

    USSR Blocked Berlin but US sent food and fuel through air support

  • Korean War

    USSR supported North Korea, US supported South Korea

  • Arms Race (till the 1970s)

  • Space Race

  • Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of USSR