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VE-Day Germany surrenders
With Soviets and Americans in Berlin, Germany surrenders. Victory Europe day marks the end of the World War in Europe. -
Stalin states war between East and West is emminent.
In Feburary, Stalin stated that war between Eastern Europe and Western Europe was bound to happen. This made the world un-easy and set a precedent for the relations between East and West. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a plan to help Europe rebuild. This helped Europe make a rapid recovery while having a democratic capitalist influence on the nation. -
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials lasted from 1945 to 1949. THese trials were to charge Germans with the war crimes they comitted, most being during the event of the Holocaust. -
The Nuclear Arms Race
In 1949 the soviets had tested their first Nuclear bomb. This weapon of mass destruction would lead to an arms race between the U.S. and USSR. The Nuclear bomb would become a symbol of military power and a tool of deterence. -
The Berlin Wall
In 1949, about 1,000 people per day were immigrating from Eastern Germany to Western Germany. To stop this, the soviets constructed A wall to divide the West from East. -
Koeran War
In the 1950 the Korean War started. North Korea was a communist Nation with Soviet Support, and The South was supported by the United States. This is a important confrontation between both The U.S. and the USSR. -
NASA is established
In responce the the Soviet successful launch of Sputnik in 1957, NASA was created to regain technological dominance over the USSR. This would result in the Space Race. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets had put nuclear arms on Fidel Castro controlled Cuba. This meant the USSR was in striking distance of the U.S. with nuclear weapons. This lead to a massive scare in the Cold War. -
Downfall of USSR.
After the fall of the BErlin wall in 1989, republics of the USSR declared independence. Soon the USSR would crumble and Russia would move to reverse its communist ways.
