Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    It was an American policy, which main aim was to stop Communism from spreading. They wanted to prevent the neighbouring states from turning to Comunism.
  • Birth of the 2 German States

    The German Democratic Republic and the German Federal Republic came into being in 1949. This split became a symbolic element(Wall of Berlin) of the Cold War. The bipolarization ended after the collapse of the USSR.
  • NATO

    The Americans established this organisation with the other anti-communist nations. It's goal was to save each other in case of any foregn attack.
  • Warsaw Pact

    It was a reaction to the NATO. This oganisation was led by the USSR and it had the same goals just for the members of the Eastern Block.
  • 20th Congress of the Communist Party

    The acts-"sins"- of Stalin had been released and the process of de-Stalinisation started which led to new policies, for example the détente.
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    The crisis ended in a diplomatic decision. The USSR withdrew its forces from Cuba, containing the missles, while the USA did the same in Turkey. Also Cuba became independent in the process.
  • Brezhnev Doctrine

    It was a Soviet foreign policy that proclaimed any threat to socialist rule in any state of the Soviet bloc in Central and Eastern Europe was a threat to them all, with this it justified the intervention of fellow socialist states.
  • SALT-1 and SALT-2

    The agreement happened between the USA and the USSR. They both reduced the number of nuclear weapons to avoid war. The first was signed in 1972 and the second in 1979.
  • Treaty of Paris

    This treaty was signed to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.The treaty included North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States, as well as the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG).
  • Helsinki Accords

    This document was signed by the USA and the USSR. It states respect for fundamental human rights and mutual security, cooperation in the fields of environment and humanitarian protection.
  • Star Wars Plan

    Actually called "Strategic Defense Initiative". It was the last step that led to the collaption of the USSR. The USA established ground and space-based system in order to protect itself from nuclear missiles. The USSR couldn't keep up with this diplomatic step.
  • End of the USSR

    In 1989 the USSR summitted in Malta. Afterwards the USSR started to withdrew its forces from everywhere,ended the Warsaw Pact and disintegrated. Officially it collapsed in 1991.