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Formation of United Nations
Franklin Roosevelt adn British Prime Minister Winstoin Churchill, signed by represenatives of 26 countries, issue a declaration called the "United Nations." The people who signed the declaration vowed to create a peace making organization. -
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The Cold War By Tania
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Iron Curtain descends on Europe
Term for dividing Europe up for power. -
Potsdam Conference
The conference was held at Potsdam, Germany. Stalin, Churchill, and Truman gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which surrendered nine weeks early.The conference also included peace treaty issues and countering the effects of war. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry Truman announcedthat that the Truman Doctrine is a warning policy that clearly was made to the USSR, that the us would intervene to support any nation that is being threatened by an armed minority -
Marshall Plan
Was the American initiative to aid Europe, which the United States helped rebuild Eurpean economies after the end of wwII to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. It operated for four years and began in the beginning of April 1948. -
Creation of Israel
The Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and the president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine declared "the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be know as the state of Israel." -
Berlin Air Lift
Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, roads, and canals. They believed this would make it not possible for the people to access food or other supplies and would eventually drive out the U.S, Britain, and France out of the city for good but no that did not stop them. The U.S and allies flew in planes and gave them food and other necessary things. -
Formation of NATO
NATO which stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is based of the North Atlantic Treaty which constitutes a system where its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by an external party. -
Korean War
The Korean war was a war between South Korea and North Korea. South Korea was supported by the U.S and North Korea at one time was supported by China and the Soviet Union. On June 25, North Korea invades South Korea because they want to unify Korea under one communist government which is North. -
Stalin Dies
Jospeh Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1920's until death. He died of a massive heart attack. He has helped his nation from the Nazi domination, he is ruthless and ambitious. -
Warsaw pact is formed
The Warsaw pact is a military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. In answer to NATO, it included Bulgaria, East germany, Hunary, and many more. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite. It had four radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It waas a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere. The Soviet Union launched it onto the low eath orbit. -
Suez Crisis
On October 29, Israli forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez canal after the egyptian president nationalized the canal in july that year, which initiated the Suez Crisis. -
Vietnam War
A war between the communist armies of North Vietnam with the Chinese at their support and armies of Suth Vietnam with the U.S by thier side. -
Sputnik 2
Just like Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into the earth orbit adn also the very first to carry a living animal which was a dog named Laika. -
NASA is formed
NASA which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the U.S government thats responsible for nations space program and space research -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
It begins when a CIA financed and trained group of Cuban refugees land in Cuba and attempts to beat the communist government, Castro, which was a really bad fail. On April 17, around 1,200 exiles armed with american weapons waded ashore at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. They hoped that the exile force would put the cuban citizens at a rallying point to overthrow Castro's Government. It fell apart immediately. -
Berlin Wall Construction
The Bet Berlin Wall was a barrier made ny the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) that completely cut off West Berlin for surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Eastern Bloc calimed that the walls were built to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in builing a socialist state in East Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuba Misille Crisis began when the soviet union secretly placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The weapons were discovered by the United States Military Intelligence Agency. The U.S considered ataking Cuba but instead they decided a military blockade. On October 28 is when Kennedy established and agreement with Khrushchev that the soviets would remove their weapons and return them back and that the U.S will never invade Cuba. -
Assination of Kenedy
The 35th President of the United States was shot in Dallas , Texas. He was shot by a sniper while he was travelling with his wife in a presidential motorcade. It took ten months to figure out who assinated him which was Lee Harvey Oswald. -
USS Pueblo
The USS Pueblo is na American ship which was boarded and captured by the North Korean forces on January 23 1968. On January 5 1968, Pueblo left Yokosuka, Japan, to transit to Sasebo, Japan, from where it left off on January 11 1968, headed srtaight into the Sea of Japan. On January 20 a North Korean modified sub chaser passed withen 4,000 yards of Pueblo. Then on January 23 1968, Pueblo was approached. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is a treaty whose objective is to prevent spreading nuclear weapons and nuclear technology. 190 people have signed the treaty in all different states, but Korea withdrew on 2003. -
UN Resolution 2758
This resolution requiered any change in china's repersentation in UN. It recognized the People's Reupblic of China as the only represenative of China to the United Natoins -
Nixon visits China
Nixon going to China was a huge step trying to make things right with the U.S and the People's Rupublic of China. He went to go meet Mao Zedong. He also went to CHina becuase he feared that the U.S would get in war with the Soviet Union over who would control China. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Peace Accords is intended to have peace in Vietnam and to put an end to the Vietnam war, and to shortly stop the fight between North Korea and South Korea. -
Salt I and Salt II Agreements
Salt stands for the Strategic Arms Limitaion Treaty. They wanted to build up the use of weapons. They came up with the treaty to contain the arms race. -
South Vietnam Falls
It was the capture of Saigon by the people's army of Vietnam and the National Liberation on April 30. It marked on the end of the Viet war and the start of a transition Vietnam into a socialist republic. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage was a crisis between Iran and the United States. 52 American citizens were held hostaage for 444 days bewtween November 4 1979 to January 20 1981. After a group of Iranian students who were supporting the Iranian Revolution, took over the US Embassy in Tehran. -
USSR invades Afghanistan
This conflict was over the anti-communist muslim and the soviet/ Afghan forces. The war left Afghanistan poorly shaped and economically -
U.S and Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
Since the Soviet union attacked aAfghanistan and the olympics were going to be held at Moscow where the soivets are, Jimmy carter didnt like that and so he boycotted. -
Korean Airline Flight 007
There are conspiricies about what happened with the flight 007. The flight was blown up kiling 269 passengers. It was flying over the One conspiricy people believe that the Space shuttle Challenger and the satellite were spying over the Soviets. Overs think that the plane landed seccesfully and that the passengers are held prisoners in Russia. -
U.S invades Grenada
The U.S was hostile towards Grenada. They had a socialist government and they didnt like that so they invaded so try and change, well force, them to change the government. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran contra was a political scandal in the U.S that came up in November. It was the product of two seperate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald. -
Chernobyl Disater
It occured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which was under the authorities of the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire released large quants of radioactive particles in the air which was spread over the western USSR and Europe. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In May 1989, almost a million Chinese more likely students were in the central Bejing to protest for greater democracy.They chanted and marched for up to 3 days. Then on June 4 1989, Chinese troops stormed through Tiananmen Square firing at the protestors and killing them. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
On March 11 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary right only three hours after the death of Konstantin Cherneko. In December 1991, the Soviet Union decrepit into 15 seperate countries. The U.S was super happy and watched as its enemy was brought down, therefore ending the cold war.
