-
Yalta Conference
The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
World War II ends in Europe.
war ended -
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe
united states dropped atomic bombed -
First East European Communist government set up in Albania.
comm. government in albania -
Communists seize power in Poland.
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Soviet communist dominance imposed after the end of World War II over what had become the Polish People's Republic -
Truman Doctrine announced.
doctrine announced -
Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
was a top secret research and development program begun during World War II, in the wake of the Soviet Union's discovery of the American, British, and Canadian nuclear project. -
Communists win Chinese Civil War.
The war began in August 1927, with Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition, and essentially ended when major active battles ceased in 1950 -
U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.(the Korean War ends July 27, 1953)
in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union -
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.
Until the end of the nineteenth century United States had special relationships primarily with nearby Mexico and Cuba. Otherwise relationships with other Latin American countries was of minor importance to both sides, consisting mostly of a small amount of trade -
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government.
was a covert operation carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency that deposed the democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz and ended the Guatemalan Revolution -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed.
was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. -
Warsaw Pact formed.
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Soviet Union–United States summits were held from 1943 to 1991. The topics discussed at the summits between the President of the United States and either the General Secretary or the Premier of the Soviet Union ranged from fighting the Axis Powers during World War II to arms control between the two superpowers themselves during the Cold War -
Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.
Though leaderless when it first began, it was the first major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove out the Nazis at the end of World War II and occupied Eastern Europe. Despite the failure of the uprising, it was highly influential, and foreshadowed the downfall of the Soviet Union. -
Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.
The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable -
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government.
On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. -
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military, trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence -
East Germany builds Berlin Wall.
Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall–to permanently close off access to the West. -
Sino‑Soviet Conflict begins.
conflict begins -
Cuban Missile Crisis.
was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide -
China explodes its first atomic bomb.
china exploded first atomic bomb to try it -
U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
sended troops to dominican republic -
U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
combat troops -
Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.
red army crushes czech -
President Richard Nixon visits China.
visted china (nixon) -
U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government.
overthrows chilean gov -
South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.
fell to communist forces
