Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    When world leaders met to discuss the new organization of the European countries.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    To allow leading allies to plan and talk-out the plan for peace.
  • Creation of the UN

    Creation of the UN

    Established after WWII in efforts to keep world peace.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    A statement saying that the U.S. will support those threatened by the circumstance of communist nations.
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    This is the day that the NATO alliance was formed.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    When the North Korean army invaded South Korea.
  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution

    Military and political event to overthrow Cuba's govt.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    When the USSR and the USA were competing to see who could have superior space flight first.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The war to defend Vietnam being a sovereign nation.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis

    When the Egyptian president nationalized the Suez Canal which was owned by European countries
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Failed invasion on the Southwestern coast of Cuba
  • Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

    The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to slow reformist trends in Prague.
  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War

    When the USSR invaded Afghanistan because of their stance against communism.
  • Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    Reactor #4 had an accident and let a large amount of radioactive material into the environment. Chernobyl is still exclusive on who can live there today.
  • Fall of The Berlin Wall

    Fall of The Berlin Wall

    When told by politicians that they should be able to cross the wall any time, East Germans went to take down the Berlin wall so they could freely cross.