Cold War Timeline

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  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    The president Harry S. Truman, British prime Minister Winston Churchill. What happen was the Churchill was replaced by Clement Attlee who succeeded him as prime minister.This happened because the wanted peace and intention of the Allies that the German people be given the opportunity to prepare for the eventual. The effect and impact his an ultimatum was issued from the conference demanding Japan's unconditional surrender. (Potsdam Conference)
  • NATO

    NATO
    What happened was that many advocated greater military spending in planning to counter.This happened because nations member nations agreed that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe. The effect and the impact where that the Cold War was winding down as the Soviet Union began to unravel.The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev allowed for greater economic,political freedom in the Soviet bloc, anti-Soviet independence movements gained strength.(North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North and South korea fought the Korean war in june 1950. What happen was that the Soviet Union took over in the North Korea while United States took over the South Korean. This happened because North Korea attacked the South Korean ward across the 38th Parallel. The Korean war took the lives of about 1,300,000 south Koreans. (Korean War)
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    What happened was the country of Vietnam was split to parts North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under communism,its political and economic system South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening. This happened because in the early 1900s the country was part of french colony. Japan seized the colony in 1940 and held it until 1945.The effect and the impact of this situation was by 1957 communist rebels in south Vietnam begun fighting Diem's government.(Vietnam War)
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Soviet and Eastern Europe. What happened was that soviet and Eastern Europe created Alliance and put the troops and weapons in Eastern Europe. This happened for many reasons like wanted to create strong defense alliance in response to NATO, control est. The effect and the impact are caused nationalism and Hostility against soviet, response was force from soviet. (Warsaw Pact.)
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution
    What happened was that the Soviet leader nikita Khrushchev in which he attacked the period of Joseph Stalin’s rule. This happened because on nov. 1, 1956, he declared Hungarian neutrally and appealed to the united nations for support. The effect and the impact of this situation was that on nov. 4, 1956, the Soviet union invaded Hunger to stop the Revolution, and Nagy was executed. (Hungarian Revolution)
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    When the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Nationalized the Suez Crisis. What happened was that the Suez Crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not Finance Egypt construction. This happened because on oct 29,1956 Israeli brigades invaded Egypt and advanced towards. The effect and the impact his that Nasser emerged from the Suez Crisis a victor and a hero for the cause of Arab And Egyptian nationalism.(Suez Crisis)
  • Space Race/Sputnik

    Space Race/Sputnik
    What happen was that the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, sputnik. This happens for the reason that the Soviet launch of the first sputnik satellite was one accomplishment in a string of technological successes. The effect and the impact was He poured additional funds and resources into the space program in an effort to catch up.(Sputnik)
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    What happened was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, leader of the United States and the soviet union engaged in a tense, 13 days political. This happened because revolutionary leader filed castor aligned himself with the soviet union. The effect and the impact was that Soviet leader Nikita khustetey had gambled on sending the missiles to Cuba with the specific goal of increasing his nation's. (Cuban Missile Crisis)
  • Six-Day War

    Six-Day War
    This happened because Prior to the start of the war attacks conducted against Israel by fledgling Palestinian guerrilla groups based in syria, Lebanon, and Jordan had increased, leading to costly Israel. What happened was that he had also been accused of hiding behind the united Nations Emergency force stationed at Egypt's border with Israel in the Sinai. The effect and the impact of this situations where that the Egypt's casualties numbered more than 11,000 with 6,000 for Jordan.(Six-Day war)
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
    What happen was that the new government, which had little popular support, forged close ties with the Soviet Union, launched ruthless purges of all domestic opposition, and began extensive land. This happened because the Insurgencies arose against the government among both tribal and urban groups, and all of the known collectively as the mujaheddin were Islamic in orientation.
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Part 2

    Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Part 2
    The effect and the impact was that the Afghan War quickly settled down into a stalemate, with more than 100,000 Soviet troops controlling the cities, larger towns, and major.(Soviet invasion of Afghanistan)
  • Glasnost & Perestroika

    Glasnost & Perestroika
    Began the democratization,What was that the Russian word glasnost, translated as openness,refers to the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues.This happened because Gorbachev believed that the opening up of the political system essentially, democratizing it was the only way to overcome inertia in the Soviet political.The effect and the impact was the economic bureaucracy, fearing the loss of its power and privileges, obstructed much of Gorbachev’s program. (Perestroika)