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Events of the Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    It was when 3 World War II allies went into a meeting and they talked about the soviet Union needed to go into the War against Japan.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    It was a meeting that negotiated terms for the end of World War II.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    The U.S. had to give supplies and they had so send their army to help allies if they were under a threat.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    They cut off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany.
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    The North Atlantic Alliance was founded in the Second World War. Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea, they were attacking with stregtic points.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    The Soviet Union and the United States fought over who could conquer space exploration first.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    It was a very long war, and it cost a lot of people their life.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis

    It was when Israeli armed forces pushed into the Egypt tower and started to fight.
  • 1960 U2 Incident

    1960 U2 Incident

    It was an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Cuban people landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. Then the Cuban planes suck ships, and destroyed half of the exile's air support.
  • Berlin Crisis of 1961

    Berlin Crisis of 1961

    When the German police and the military cut everything off going to West Berlin.
  • Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    They invaded Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.
  • Chernobyl Disaster

    Chernobyl Disaster

    The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at nuclear reactor Unit 4 attempted a poorly designed experiment.
  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Fall of the Soviet Union

    They had an unsucessful coup and then Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union.