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On the final day of the Potsdam's conference in 1945, U.S president Harry S Truman was worried the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was stubborn and difficult to deal with the plans with postwar eastern europe.
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In January 1946, Stalin stated publicly that he believed war between the east and west was possibly going to happen in the future.
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The democratic nations of the west soon faced a test of their resolve to contain the communist east. In early 1947 soviet communists were threanting the governments of Greece and Turkey
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In June 1948, the soviets blocked off all rail, hand and after routes into West Berlin. Berlin 2 million residents weren't able to import food, coal, or any other virtual supplies.
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They created the berlin airlift to be able to be able to supply berlin by air. the berlin airlift was a success, the soviets called off the blockade of berlin in May 1949
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In June 1950 the North Koreans attacked Southern Korea. Their goal was to unite the country under a communist government.
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During 1951, the war settled onto a stalemate. the battle lines lay just about where they had been before.
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In 1953, both sides agreed to an armistice. after 3 years of fighting and 4million casualties, the korean war was over.
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In october 1957, the arms race took another leap forward with the soviet Unions successful launch of Sputnik. Sputnik was history's first artificial satellite.
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At the end of world war 11, france sought to reestablish its former colonial control over southeast asia. although the military grew, the vietnam war dragged on until the mid 1970s.
