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Yalta Conference
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joesph Stalin came together at this conference to brainstorm ideas to repair Germany. The leaders decided to split Germany up into borders. While, the U.S. tried to salvage their part of germany, the Soviets were brinking on taking over the land. This was the beginning of a very long war. http://img.talkandroid.com/uploads/2011/08/cold-war.gif -
Berlin Blockade and airlift
The Soviet Union blocked United states roadways to help the Germans, so they took action and got a plane to have over 200,000 flights in one year to move supplies over to west Germany. https://thecoldwars.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/berlin-blockade.jpg -
Korean War
Japan and the Soviet Union helping North Korea take over South Korea, while the U.S. helped South Korea keep its land. This event transpired into an even deeper gap between the Soviets and the U.S. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0e6P5I4TMFU/T-f_-rSYZ9I/AAAAAAAAFyk/7DRdsC-yOfU/s1600/june-25-1950-the-korean-war-begins-after-north-korea-invades-south-korea.jpg -
Space Race
This was a space race to see which country would be the leaders in space flight technology. In reality no one extrememly cared who got there first, it was more of a statement saying who was more superior rather than just who could get to space first. The U.S. was the first to get to space, but the Soviets had the lead the whole time until the end. https://historyofspacetravel.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/space-race111.jpg -
U-2 Reconnaissance Planes
The Soviet Union caught the United States performing espionage onto their country from above. The U.S. flew a reconnaissance plane above the countries base to take photos of their military. The Soviets shot it down and were furious and it angered them to continue the Cold War even longer. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/10/article-2156991-1387EC1C000005DC-918_634x426.jpg -
Bay of Pigs
Cuba was moving farther along into communism with the Soviet Union, so the U.S. felt they needed to stop this before it was too late. There had been talks of nuclear weapons in Cuba also, so the U.S. decided to send the CIA into their country to take over the communist party of Fidel Castro. The U.S. failed and didn't succeed to stop Cuba. This also led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~theed/Cold_War/c_Khrushchev_era/g_Bay_of_pigs/Media/a_BayofPigs/Bay_of_pigsLife.jpg -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day stalemate between the U.S. and Cuba over nuclear weapons. At the end the United States agreed not to invade Cuba again to save the world from a nuclear crisis. http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/CubanMissileCrisis.gif -
Strategic Arms Limitations Talk
Conversations between the U.S. and the Soviets on containing arms. Arm control was important because the excessive use of weaponry was becoming unstable. http://wolfehistory.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/8/13583965/465446864.jpg -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
Soviet led afghan forces trying to take over the lands while the U.S. had billions of dollars put into the renovation of Afghanistan. http://brynnhistory12.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/2/14126826/227645307.jpg?517 -
Reunited Germany
Germany used the help of NATO to revitalize Germany. The unification of Germany let go of the Warsaw pact and only took hlep from close allies such as the U.S. http://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/90CartUnifFlagJagged.jpg/34328213/90CartUnifFlagJagged.jpg
