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Yalta Conference
Soviet Union, Britain, Soviet Union met in Yalta to plan their remaining wartime actions and the future for postwar Europe.One key principle agreed to at Yalta was that, after the war, European countries would be able to have free elections and decide their own futures. This caused long-term global tension and disharmony. -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Truman, and Churchill met in Britain to discuss the reparations in Germany. This extended the rivalry between Truman and Stalin. -
Hiroshima bombing
The US sends a nuclear bomb to japan -
Nagasaki bombing
The US sends another bomb to Japan -
Truman Doctrine
Truman's policy that wanted the stop the SU expansion by creating alliances and giving aid. Countries turned to capitalism. -
Marshall plan
American plan to help countries affected by the war in Europe. countries accepted to be democratic by accepting this plan which decreased the sphere of influence of the SU. -
Molotov plan
Involved bilateral trade agreements that helped to consolidate the economies of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania – solidifying the Soviet presence in Europe. -
Brussels Treaty
Five western european countries decided to come together and protect and each other. This led the creation of NATO which protected west Berlin from communist values. -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin blocked all passageways to west Berlin cutting off supplies from america. -
Soviet creation of nuclear weapons
Soviet Union started to created weapons as a response to America creating nuclear weapons as well. This led the the cuban missile crisis and brinkmanship. -
NATO
Union to protect and give economic aid to democratic countries. the soviet sphere of influence became smaller -
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Korean War
war between South Korea and North Korea because of their opposing political beliefs -
Stalin's death
Stalin died in the SU but this did not stop the communism. -
Warsaw pact
Counteraction to NATO. Military strength increased alarming the capitalist countries -
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Vietnam War
US fighting against communist farmers, communist won which meant more communism. -
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Hungarian Revolution
Hungarians against communism, less communist presence -
NORAD
Aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America, in case the soviets launched a missile, tension grew bigger during this times. -
Fidel Castro taking over
Castro led a communist revolution against Batista in Cuba which extended the communist presence in the world. Cuba served as a place in which the soviets could deposit their nuclear weapons. -
Bay of pigs
America trained cubans to overthrow the communist presence in cuba but the operation failed. -
Creation of the Berlin wall
Wall between west and east Germany that intended to protect the west from the east, and the east from the west. -
End of Cuban missile crisis
SU took out their missiles in Cuba -
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Afghanistan/Soviet war
Afghanistan against communist beliefs, less communist sphere of influence -
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Solidarity in Poland
Movement that aimed for more worker rights in Poland, communism was being rejected. -
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Czechoslovakia Revolution
peaceful protest to end the communist presence in Czechoslovakia -
Berlin wall falling
Wall disappeared, Germany was back together again -
End of the Cold War
war ended