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Potsdam conference
It was a meeting of the big 3 who had defeated nazi Germany during the war, It was where they discussed how to balance the power of the three, how this affected the cold the how fast the population grew after this. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The bombing of Nagasaki was the second atomic bomb to be dropped by the U.S, only killing 40,000 people in the process.The bombing of Nagasaki Hiroshima had caused Japan to remove themselves out of World War II due to the "devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb." -
Hiroshima Bombing
The bombing of Hiroshima was when the United States decided to drop an atomic bomb in the city of Hiroshima killing 80,000 people immediately. Then later on killing thousands more due to radiation. -
Yalta conference
The yalta conference was a meeting of the world war 3 allies, they met up to talk about how they defeated Germany and the rest of europe during the post-war that was located along the black sea of Crimea peninsula. How it affected the cold war was shifted poland boarders more to the west, while the soviet union took most of the east from the northeast germany. -
Molotov plan
The Molotov plan was created by the Soviet union as a system to rebuild countries on the east-side of Europe discussing trade agreements with other countries, how this affect the cold war on Canada's side the Soviet union made it so the they didn't get any any aid from america leading with countries to reorganize there trade with others. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy created by President Harry S. Truman claiming that America would help provide political, economical, and military assistance to democratic countries under authoritarian forces. Due to the creation of the Truman Doctrine this caused the spread of communism into European countries. -
Brussels Treaty
It was a collective defensive alliance between Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The Brussels Treaty was main cause that had led to the formation of NATO and the Western European Union. -
Marshal plan
It was a program where the U.S provide aid for countries that were destroyed, they provide 15 billion to help finance the rebuilding process of it but what it was also known for was to halt the spread communism on the European continent. This was the beginning of the cold war from sources knowing that the soviet union had took control of Central and eastern Europe and built there satellites to start spying on communist nations. -
Berlin Blockaid
The Berlin Block-aid was the first major crises of the Cold War. It was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the U.S, Britain, and France's way to the city of Berlin. This had impacted the Cold War because it showed the world the clear differences that had separated the east and the west. -
NATO
Nato Is the North atlantic treaty organization known as the first military alliances between 30 nations. After the second world war countries struggled to rebuild what damaged they've took. The main purpose of nato is to protect allies from enemies, how this affected the cold war was nato provided a frontline of deterrence meaning "scaring others in ways" against the soviet union and it stattlies states. -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear Weapons
In 1943, the Soviets began experimenting with nuclear technology then conducted their first nuclear test. Many of the nuclear fusion bombs left radioactive isotopes behind contaminating the air, water, and soil in downwind, and downstream of the detonation site. -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear weapons
On August 29, 1949 the Soviet Union had tested their first ever nuclear weapon. They had called this weapon the RDS-1 or the "First lightning." This idea had come from an atomic spy named Klaus Fuchs who proposed the idea of the Manhattan project to the Soviet Union. -
Stalins Death
This was the death of stalin how he died was he was either poisoned or he died from a source which was told from 2 different states, how this affected the cold war was it lessen the cold war tensions. -
Korean War
The Korean war was a war that was fought with south korea It was the first military action that was taken by the united states in the cold war this was also known as a civil war where 2-3 millions civilians died knowing that there was no peace treaty being signed, how this affected the cold war was it was the first proxy war between the United states and the Soviet union. -
NORAD
Also known as North American Aerospace Defense Command is a border military leadership that is in responsibility of aerospace warning, control, and maritime warning, -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defensive treaty created by the Soviet Union and seven different Soviet States in Central and Eastern Europe. It was created so that the Soviet could strengthen hold on the other countries. -
Vietnam War
The vietnam war was a war that had conflict of North Vietnam versing South Vietnam, why it happened was because United States was afraid that commmunism would be spreaded to south vietnam and the rest of Asia, How this affected the cold war was that united states was fighting alone during in it withoiut aliies also being known as the international conflict of the Cold war. -
Hungarian Revolution
This was a nationwide event that involved the communist goverenment of hunagary and its soviet union where they placed polices, this event took place in hungary, and how it affected the cold war was it Involved the USSR and the western countries of europe to collapse at it's lowest point countries ever been at. -
Fidel Castro taking over
Was when Fidel castro became that military and political prime minister for cuba, knowing that United states didn't like the President at the time tried taking him out by assassination which lead to the Bay of pigs. How this affected the cold war was that he Cuba was a allie for the Soviets during the time. -
Bay of Pigs
The bay of pigs was an invasion where the cubans were training exiles from florida to remove castro from goverenment, by what happen was that it was basically a masacara the people that were trained were either killed or captured as a prisoner because they didn't have a military plan on how to attack, how this affected the cold war was the United states tried to prevent commmunism again when this happend keeping the captured americans. -
Nuclear arms Treaties
The Nuclear arm treaty was were countries came together to eliminate all nuclears and stop them from using them so countries didn't have no country after a nuclear explosion, How this affected the cold war was that someone countrys didn't really agree to it. -
Creation of Berlin wall
It was a wall that was built by the germans the official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West, why this affected the cold war it stopped the west from communcating and influcence the east allowing immigrants pass through making it the most important part of the cold war. -
End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened when USSR missiles had been found in Cuba which caused a panic to sweep nations across the world for fear of Nuclear War. Eventually the two world powers made negotiations to cede the missiles from Cuba in exchange for the U.S.A. to cede its missiles in Turkey, without the input of Fidel. This event was internationally important because of the imminent danger to the world, how this affected the cold war was kennedy had made sure they were internationally strong. -
Afghanistan/Soviet War
The Afghanistan/Soviet War was conflict between between two groups when the soviet union decided to invade afghanistan air dropping there advance military men. Why the soviets invaded afghanistan was for expansion into Central Asia would put it dangerously close to India's border, But that didn't workout which led to constant fighting between the two. How this affected the cold war was because of financials and public relations for the fall of the soviets. -
Solidarity in Poland
The Solidarity in Poland was an anti-authoritarian movement that used civil resistance to help worker's rights and social change. Due to the Solidarity in Poland this had caused the fall of communism. -
Berlin Wall falling
This happened because there was a protest of half million people giving other reasons why the wall should fall down and talking about how it divided the communist from the other side which was the east germany for the west side of germany, showing them that it symbolized something towardas them. -
Czechoslovakian Revolution
It was a protest movement in Czechoslovakia that had ended 40 years of communism. -
End of the Cold War
After the cold war some countries ended communism while some were still at it. In the US indoctrination also lead to social reforms but this all ended because of the berlin wall falling leading for elections to occur, boarders being opened allowing more freedoms for the citizens, The war in afghanistan would also be the reason why the cold war ended because the soviet union were losing a lot of men making it fasturating for the leader because also of financial problems during the time.