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Molotov plan
Nazi Soviet pact between Germany and soviet union signed in moscow -
Yalta conference
WW2 meeting of heads of government of the US,United Kingdom,Soviet Union, to discuss germany and Europe postwar. -
potsdam conference
A conference held in Cecelienhof at the home of prince Wilhem in potsdam, occupied in Germany -
Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing
The Hiroshima bombing came a few days before the bombing of Nagasaki. The United states dropped bombs on these japanese cities killing 129,00 people, forcing Japan out of the war. -
Truman Doctrine
An american foreign policy created to counter soviet geopolitical expansion -
Brussels Treaty
Treaty between Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the United Kingdom as an expansion to the defense plague -
Marshall plan
American initiative to aid western Europe in which gave $13 billion in econimic suppport to help western Europe after WW1 -
Berlin Blockade
First major international crisis of the cold war, The wall blocked off all access to Berlin. -
NATO
Military alliance between several north american and European states -
korean war
although the korean war was over shadowed by WWII it was a large struggle to exterminate communism within the cold war. -
The death of Joseph Stalin
Stalin died of a stroke in Moscow, Russia on march 5.The soviet state he created survived for 40 years after his death and the cold war continued on as if nothing had changed. -
Warsaw pact
collective defense treaty signed in warsaw among the Soviet union and 7 soviet satellite states of Europe during the cold war. Established as a balance of power to NATO -
Vietnam war
The vietnam war was a long conflict that has the north Vietnam communists pitted against the south Vietnam and its ally the United States .Over three million people were killed -
Hungarian revolution
Hungry and eastern Europe was ruled over the communist Russia. It was a nationwide revolt against the Hungarian government and their soviet like policies, Creating the first large threat towards the soviets control and reign. -
NORAD
North american Aerospace Defense Command.Canada/Us binational organization,charged with missions/warning of aerospace -
Fidel Castro taking over
Fidel Castro was the prime minister of cuba from 1959-2008, he formed an alliance with the soviet union and allowed nuclear weapons to be placed in cuba. This effectively started the cuban missile crisis of the cold war. -
Bay of pigs
Failed military invasion of cuba, directed by the CIA -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Soviet union led warsaw pact troops to invade Czechoslovakia to try and put an end to reformist trends in Prague. -
Solidarity in Poland
the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party. Used methods of civil resistance to create advances in workers rights -
Berlin wall falling
After the spokesman for the communist party announced a change in relations with the west, people were free to cross the boarders. Cranes and large machines pulled down sections of the wall, while other eager individuals used hammers and picks to knock down sections of the wall. -
Afghanistan/Soviet war
The United States invaded Afghanistan, originally supported by the United kingdom and Canada. The war was fought between rebels called the Mujahideen and the Soviet government in order to overthrow the communist government. -
The end of the cold war
In 1991 when the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet union dissolved into republics, The cold war came to an end rather abruptly. -
Nuclear arms treaty
This was an international treaty used to prevent the spread of nuclear technology and weapons and to promote cooperation between countries. (It opened for signature in 1968 but was extended indefinitely in 1995)