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Yalta Conference
the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization. -
Korean Conflict
The Korean conflict is based on the division between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, both of which claim to be the government of the whole country. During the Cold War, North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union, China, and other Communist states, and South Korea was backed by the United States and its allies. The division of Korea occurred at the end of World War Two in 1945. Tensions erupted into the Korean War in 1950. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
This speech may be regarded as the most important Churchill delivered as Leader of the Opposition (1945-1951) Iconic speech. The passage on “the iron curtain” attracted immediate international attention, and had impact upon public opinion in the United States and in Western Europe. Russian historians date the beginning of the Cold War from this speech. This speech may be regarded as a technical classic. -
Truman Doctrine Announcment
Historians have often cited Truman’s address as the official declaration of the Cold War.In February 1947, the British government informed the United States that it could no longer furnish the economic and military assistance it had been providing to Greece and Turkey since the end of World War II. The Truman administration believed that both nations were threatened by communism and it jumped at the chance to take a tough stance against the Soviet Union. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949. At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949 -
China Becomes Communist
The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. -
The Cuban Communist Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the right-wing authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. ... In particular, it transformed Cuba's relationship with the United States. -
Soviet Invasion Of Hungary / Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Though leaderless when it first began, it was the first major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove Nazi Germany from its territory at the end of World War II. -
Sputnik
Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-spons group Brigade 2506 on 04/17/61.A military made up of Cuban exiles who traveled to the US after Castro's takeover, trained and funded by the US's (CIA), Brigade 2506 intended to overthrow the communist government of Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The invading force was defeated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the command of Castro -
Berlin Wall Built
During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a place which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally enclosed West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on August 13th, 1961. For the next three decades, the world's nuclear superpowers faced off across the Wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day (Oct16–28) confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. In response, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles on the island to deter future invasions. -
The Golf of Tonkin Resolution (Vietnam War Begins)
August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by Vietnamese forces. In response, President L. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina. On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Soviets Invade Czechoslavkia
On the night of August 20, 1968, approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring” , brief period of liberalization in the communist country. Czechoslovakians protested the invasion with public demonstrations and other non-violent tactics, but they were no match for the Soviet tanks. -
Soviets invade Afganistan - Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known as the mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Between 562,000[27]–2 million civilians were killed and millions of Afghans fled the country as refugees,[28][29][31][32] mostly to Pakistan and Iran. The war is considered part of the Cold War.
