Cold war

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  • The Suez Canal

    The Suez Canal
    The Suez canal is an artificial sea-level waterway for trade ships from either the red sea or the mediterranean sea. The suez canal was a globally important location as it controlled immense amount of trade flowing through it. the US and USSR both have interest in the location therefore leading to several international wars in the area. End date Still in use

  • The Red Scare

    The Red Scare
    The red scare is a common mindset that many people had in western, democratic nations that fear the infiltration and influence of communist spies and propaganda. It was vastly used to justify the USSR as the enemy of the free world. End date 1957 (Ambiguous)

  • The Truman doctrine

    The Truman doctrine
    The Truman doctrine is a foreign policy announced by president Harry S. Truman to contain the authoritarian states of the world. primarily the USSR. By funding democracies around the world that are struggling against communism in their country or on their borders
    End date 1989

  • The marshall plan

    The marshall plan
    The Marshall plan is an economic recovery act meant to provide economic aid to post war western european countries. Like the truman doctrine it also helped prevent communist expansion. End date December 1951

  • The Berlin Blockade

    The Berlin Blockade
    the berlin blockade was when the USSR blocked supplies from getting to the western controlled side of berlin. it was resolved when thousands of airplanes airlifted supplies into the city therefore the USSR saw it necessary to continue to blockade any longer
    End Date May 12 1949

  • The Space Race

    The Space Race
    The space race is an unformall competition between the US and USSR to see which can achieve more in space. The US won when they managed to land a man on the moon. End date july 17 1975

  • The U-2 Incident

    The U-2 Incident
    The U-2 incident was when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet air defence forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance. This raised tensions between the US and USSR. End date may 1 1960

  • The Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall
    In order to preserve communism in berlin because of mass migration into western land, the USSR built a wall dividing the city in two, preventing anyone to cross. End date November 9 1989

  • Bay of pigs invasion

    Bay of pigs invasion
    After Fidel Castro's takeover of cuba, 1,400 cuban exiles, funded by the US, launched an invasion to overthrow Fidel castro. This failed miserably as the US insufficiently funded the exiles in an attempt to hide US involvement. End date april 20 1961

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The USSR had placed nukes in cuba order to reach the US. This greatly threatened the US which they acted by blockading the incoming nukes. the tensions reached a near breaking point as the US prepared to invade cuba. A sole Soviet submarine lost contact with Moscow. Mistaken that a war had already begun, nearly launched a nuke at the US fleet. With the deal that the US would remove missiles from turkey and the USSR would remove theirs from cuba the Crisis was resolved.
    End date october 29 1962

  • The Non-Proliferation Treaty

    The Non-Proliferation Treaty
    The non-proliferation treaty is meant to limit the use and spread of nuclear technology and promote nuclear energy projects. 191 nations currently participate in the treaty and it has also expanded over the years. End date Ongoing

  • Perestroika and Glasnost

    Perestroika and Glasnost
    Perestroika and Glasnost is an attempt to kick start the stagnant soviet economy by making the market more independent but this resulted in tensions in within the USSR. end date 1991