Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Discussions among Big 3 discussing the division of Europe after WW II, which split Germany and Berln which was one of the reasons for the Cold War.
  • Formation of the Iron curtain

    Formation of the Iron curtain

    Term used to describe boundaries created after Warsaw Pact and NATO
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Truman stated that the U.S. would provide relief to Greece and Turkey to avoid Soviet Rule, often thought of as the start of Cold War.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Economic relief from U.S. to Europe nations, Soviets began to provide relief to in hope of getting more nations to join communist state
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    During the German Blockade, the British and U.S. used planes to bring supplies to Berlin
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    Soviet Uniion blocked western allies from access to Western Berlin which was under allied control, one of the first international crisis of Cold War
  • NATO formed

    NATO formed

    U.S. and 11 other countries formed this to become allies against communism
  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    U.S. and Soviet Union's buildup of nuclear weapons, causing most tension for Cold War
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The war lasted until 1953 and although U.S.S.R. was not directly involved, it was a conflict between the U.S. and them because the Soviets provided weapons and strategic planning for North Korea
  • Nakita Khrushchev comes to power

    Nakita Khrushchev comes to power

    Soviet Politician who chose for the Soviets to pursue the Space Race.
  • Joseph Stalin dies

    Joseph Stalin dies

    Helped release tension during Cold War, Austria became independent state, and Soviets reduced troops
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    Soviet Union formed this alliance with other communist nations to rival NATO
  • SpaceRace

    SpaceRace

    It was a race to show national security and national supremacy during a very tense time of the Cold War
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The U.S. got involved to stop the spread of communism and lasted until April 1975
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The creation of Sputnik was a key event in the Cold War and although it was harmless it scared the American People that it was orbitting the Earth
  • U-2 incident

    U-2 incident

    A United States U-2 Spy plane was shot down over Soviet land causing an embarassment to the United States and tensions with the Soviet Union.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Failed Invasion of U.S. and the Soviet Union was helping Cuba
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Purpose was to keep western "fascist" out of Eastern Germany and undermining the socialist system it was one of the most enduring symbols of the Cold War
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis

    After Soviet Union placed a nuclear missle in Cuba, the U.S. placed a blockade on the area, often known as the time in Cold War came closest to a nuclear conflict.
  • Apollo 11 lands on Moon

    Apollo 11 lands on Moon

    Although it didnt harm anyone, it was a pride thing for the United States to land someone on the moon
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet led Afghan troops against the Peshawar Seven who were aided by U.S. and Britan.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Helped end arms race between United States and Soviet Union
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    treaty to eliminate all INF systems which basically ended the Cold War
  • Soviets Withdraw from Afghanistan

    Soviets Withdraw from Afghanistan

    Signalling that an end to the cold War was coming
  • Poland becomes independent

    Poland becomes independent

    Helped signal that the Soviet Union was coming to an end
  • Hungary becomes independent

    Hungary becomes independent

    Signalled that the end of the Soviet Union was coming
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Key symbol that Communism was coming to an end
  • German Reunification

    German Reunification

    This event reunited the nation of Germany and made Berlin into one city, when during the Cold War Germany and Berlin had been split
  • U.S.S.R. Breakup

    U.S.S.R. Breakup

    Soviet Union broke into 15 seperate countries signalling the end of the cold war.