Coldwar

Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    It was a meeting with Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war.
  • V E Day

    V E Day

    It was the victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army.
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    Potsdam Conference

    It formally divided Germany and Austria into four zones. It was also agreed that the German Capital Berlin would be divided into four zones. Russian Polish border was determined and Korea was to be divided into the Soviet and American zones.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    The U.S dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    The U.S dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki
  • V J Day

    V J Day

    Japanese surrendered briiging world war two to an end.
  • Vietnam Independence

    Vietnam Independence

    Ho Chi Minh has proclaimed during Vietnam and the independent republic.
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    It was a peace speech which contained the famous phrase and iron curtain has descended on Europe.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    President Truman promised to help any country facing a communist takeover
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    The economic aid offered by the U.S to any European country. The plan was too rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely.
  • Cominform

    Cominform

    The USSR set up conform information Bureau which was the information of the communist and the workers.
  • Formation of West Germany

    Formation of West Germany

    The French, USA, and the U.K partitions of Germany and it was merged into the form of West Germany.
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    The Beginning And The End Of the Berlin Blockade

    Russia had to the merger with the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin because it was going to cut all the roads and rail links to the sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation.
    Russia Ended the blockade of Berlin
  • NATO Formed

    NATO Formed

    Formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea
  • Death of Stalin

    Death of Stalin

    Stalin died at the age of 74 and he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev