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cold war
kalde krigen 1945-1989 -
postdam conferance
The USA and USSR met to confirm plans made at yalta. relations deteriorated, resulting in tension and distrust -
Truman Doctrine
The USA vowed to help all democratic countries under threat from communism It provided $400million of ald to turkey and greece to prevent communist takeovers. -
USSR Cominform
The USSR set up cominform, an alliance of communist countries. -
marshall plan
The USA gave ald to struggling countries in europe that were at risk of communism. -
the berlin blockade
France,britain and the USA combined their three zones in germany to form west germany and stalin wanted germany to remain weak so he launched the berlin blockade,cutting of supplies to west berlin The western allies organised the berlin airlift to deliver supplies. -
USSR comecon
The USSR set up Comecon, an economic organization formed to facillitate ald and growth in communist countries. -
Forming of NATO
Nato was formed to defend western countries from communist attacks. -
Korean war
North Korea invaded south korea with the support of the USSR and china. the UN sent troops to protect south korea; they invaded North korea and reached as far as the chinese border. china recaptured north korea and advanced into south korea. the USA sent troops and pushed China back to the 38th parallel. -
USA's first hydrogen bomb
The USA's detonates its first hydrogen bomb (H-bomb). -
USSR's first hydrogen bomb
The USSR detonates it's first hydrogen bomb. -
The warsaw pact
The USSR formed the warsaw pact, a millitary alliance to counter the threat of NATO -
The hungarian revolution
In october 1956, a new hungrian goverment announced plans to leave the warsaw pact. The USSR rejected this and invaded budapest, killing over 400 hungarian soilders and civilians. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
US spy planes detected soviet missiles in cuba, so president kennedy ordered a naval blockade. the USA prepared to invade cuba, but the soviet leader, khurshchev agreed to remove the missiles. Kennedy lifted the blockade and secretly agreed to remove the missiles from USA bases in turkey. -
vietnam war 1955-1975
the USA sends troops to south vietnam to prevent a communist takeover by north vietnam. -
Tet offensive
North vietnam launched the failed tet offensive in south vietnam. -
the brezhnev Doctrine
the breznev doctrine, named after brezhnev, the soviet leader, was used to justify action to prevent communism from being weakened in eastern europe. In particular, It justified the august 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia to stop the prauge spring reforms. -
The moon landing of 20.july.1969
The arravial of the first known humans on the moon tested by NASA was proven an success and neil armstrong and buzz aldrin first planted a flag on the moon retaining america's Dominance over the moon. -
SALT I
SALT I - a strategic arms limitation talks were held between the USA and the USSR to try and limit the production of big nuclear weapons. Both countries signed the Anti-ballistic Missile treaty. -
Helsinki accords
In august 1975, 35 countries signed the helsinki agreement. the borders of europe were agreed, human rights were established and a commitmentwas made to improve international relations. -
soviet invasion of afghanistan
The USSR supported the communist afgan government that was being attacked by muslim Guerilla fighters, Mujahideen, who had deciared a jihad on the goverment. Salt II attemped to further limit the number of nuclear weapons, but no agreement was reached as the USA ratified the treaty in response to soviet involvement in afgahnistan. -
SDI
on 23 March 1983, president reagan proposed the SDI, also known as the star wars programme, wich involved sending arms into space to protect the USA from missile attacks. -
the end of the berlin wall
The berlin wall was demolished, opening the borders of east germany and signifying the end of the cold war.
