Cold War source information from http://www.factmonster.com/timelines/coldwar.html
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Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference was held to determine the fate of Germany at the end of World War II. Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones. -
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Iron Curtain speech
Winston Churchill gives famous "Iron Curtain" speech marking the start of the Cold War. -
Truman Doctorine
Truman request money to aid Greece and Turkey to fight off communism. -
Berlin Airlift
Campaign against Russia to starve West Berlin -
NATO is formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed by Berlin, Canada, Demark. France. Iceland. Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, -
Start of the Korean War
N. Korea invades S. Korea. The UN makes its first attack on July 4 of the same year. -
Guatamalan Communist government overthrown
CIA assist in overthrowing the Guatamalan communist government. -
SEATO formed
Southeast Asian Treaty Organiztion is formed to stop the spread of communism. -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact is formed in response to NATO -
Vietnam War starts
Vietnam war start after country is divided by communism. US involvement is from 1961-1973. -
Communist Cuba
Under Fidel Castro Cuba becomes communist. -
Berlin Wall
Germany is divided by the Berlin wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union uses Cuba as a military installation -
Hot-Line
USA and USSR set up direct line of communication for crisis times. -
Six Day War
Soviet Union accusses US of encouraging attack by the Isreali in the West Bank -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
USSR and Warsaw pact go into Czechoslovakia to restore communist power -
Nixon visits China
Nixon is the first US president to visit communist China marking the thawing of the Cold War. -
Star War defense system
Regan annouces new missile defense system. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president
Mikhail Gorbachev starts straying from old communist ways -
INF Treaty
President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign INF Treaty removing medium & short range missiles -
Berlin Wall Falls
Soviet reforms allows for changes in communist governments opening the borders in Germany. -
START signed
President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign calling for disarment of US an Soviet nuclear weapons. Soviet Union breaks apart ending the Cold War
