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Cold War Timeline

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    There were fighting on the western border of Germany. It was a meeting of three World War II allies.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    This was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone. Potsdam meeting lasted from July 17 to August 2, 1945.
  • Creation of the United Nations

    Creation of the United Nations

    Fifty nations gathered in California and San Francisco created the United Nations. Started four months after San Francisco Conference ended.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    The goal was primary of countering the growth of the Soviet bloc. President Truman asked for $400 million in miliary and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey and established a doctrine.
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    It was signed by Belgium. Treaty of Brussels was a mutual defense treaty against the Soviet.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    International crisis arose that attempt by the Soviet Union. Force Western Allied powers abandon their post-World War II.
  • Second Red Scare

    Second Red Scare

    This period was marked by the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Second Red Scare refers to the anticommunist fervor that permeated American politics.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    Fight between South and North Korean. North Korean invaded South Korean.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Conflicts in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Major conflict in the Cold War.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis

    International crisis in the Middle East. The Egyptian president was Gamal Abdel Nasser.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    20th century competition between two Cold War. The Space Race involved United States and Soviet Union.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    It was located southwestern coast of Cuba. Bay of Pigs invasion was an abortive invasion of Cuba.
  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War

    A protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Lasted over nine years.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Stood until November 9, 1989. Marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Fall of the Soviet Union

    Declaration of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Dissolved in December 26.

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