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Yalta conference
The Yalta conference is cited as the start of the Cold War. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met in Yalta at a conference to discuss post war Europe's reorginsation. It was agreed that Poland recived it's independence again and Germany was to be divided into four zones controlled by the USA, USSR, England and France. Stalin agreed to enter the war against japan and to collaborate with the establisht want of the United Nations -
Berlin blockade
Berlin, isolated in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, was blockaded by the Russians in an attempt to force the western allies from the city or to compel them to abandon plans for West German integration. In response the allies began an airlift of food and supplies to Berlin which lasted for eleven months until the Soviets backed down. -
Korean War
The Korean War started when the armed forces of North Korea invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel in June 1950. After three years of war, forces from South Korea and United Nations fought North Korean and Chinese troops to a stalemate, causing the war to end. -
Petrov defection
Vladimir Petrov was a Soviet diplomat and a spy, asylum was granted to him in Australia and as a result, Petrov provided documents and oral information about Soviet spy activities to the Australian security service and a Royal Commission was established to inquire into the affair. -
Vietnam war
Vietnam War, the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, against the government of South Vietnam and its ally, the United States. The war was also part of a larger regional conflict and a manifestation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Kennedy request 25% spending increase for military
President Kennedy requests an increase in military spending. The Soviet Union accuses Kennedy of exploiting the Berlin dispute as a pretext for accelerating the arms race. -
Construction of Berlin Wall begins
By 1961 thousands of people were fleeing East Germany for the West Berlin every day. To stop this, the government built a wall dividing the two halves of the city. 190 people lost their lives trying cross the wall. -
Cuban missile crisis
In 1962 the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The United States closed off Cuba and demanded the missiles to be withdrawn. The crisis was resolved when Russia agreed to withdraw the missiles in exchange for lifting the blockade and agreeing to withdraw missiles from Turkey. -
Berlin Wall falls
The East German Government was unable to control the popular uprising and within three weeks the Berlin wall was destroyed. -
Germany reunited
After 45 years of division, East Germany and West Germany reunited as a single Germany
