• End of WW2

    End of WW2
    An allied victory brings an end to Nazi Germany, but starts the cold war between the west and the east
  • Marshall plan

    Marshall plan
    US president Truman, Enacted a plan that gave 13 billion US dollars to help European "countries" get back on their feet.
  • Berlin Blockaded

    Berlin Blockaded
    The soviets blockade berlin from the allies, not allowing them to get vital supplies in or out
  • NATO

    NATO
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was the west's way sticking together and fighting the communist threat.
  • Korean war

    Korean war
    America tried to stop the advance of socialism
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    This was the Soviets response to NATO.
  • Vietnam war

    Vietnam war
    The AMericans tried to stop the spread of socialism
  • Call For Peace

    Call For Peace
    Russian Leader Khrushchev calls for peaceful coexistence.
  • Hungarian Uprising

    Hungarian Uprising
    The Hungarian people revolted against the socialist Government.
  • Berlin wall

    Berlin wall
    This wall was put up to stop supposed Western expansion.
  • Cuban Missile

    Cuban Missile
    The soviets deployed missiles on cuba making them a direct threat to the US.
  • Prague Spring

    Prague Spring
    "liberation" of czechoslovakia
  • Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty

    Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
    People did it want nukes being used so they said they would not
  • Helsinki Accord

    Helsinki Accord
    Was the final act of the security and cooperation in europe
  • Poland

    Poland
    people wanted democracy.
  • Fall of the Berlin wall

    Fall of the Berlin wall
    The leader of the East German Socialist party said all Germans can now cross the wall
  • Invasion of Afghanistan

    Invasion of Afghanistan
    The Russians decided the wanted Afghanistan.
  • Warsaw pact dissolved

    Warsaw pact dissolved
    dissolved the 36-year-old military alliance
  • USSR Missing!

    The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
  • START is signed

    START was a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.