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The Battle of Stalingrad
major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Begginning Of The Cold War
The US and Soveit Union had the struggle for power and influence between the us and Soviet Union. Germany had britain, the US, France and Soveit Union. Built a western berlin Blockade and got torn down. US had a plan so they wouldnt become comunist. Needed alot of money. -
Berlin Blocakade/ Airlift
British and U.S. forces flew massive playloads over the Berlin Wall. These were important in the Cold War. The Soviets began to harras th -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam was under the influence of communism. In 1955, the U.S. strted their campaign to aid South Vietnam by training forces and building modern weapons. President Kennedy was killed the same month as the South Vietnam leader. A war was started and the U.S. citizens oppoosed of it. The Treat of Paris ended the war. -
Berlin Wall
There was a physical barrier that seperated West Berlin from East Berlin. The U.S. wanted to stay in West Berlin, and there were many poeple trying to settle in West Berllin. The Soviet and U.S. tanks confronted eachother. The mayor of Berlin was listening to what President Kennedy was saying. Many people started coming to the West successfully. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet planned to install nuclear missiles on Florida, though they backed down. The U.S. forced Spain to surrender Cuba at turn of the 20th Century. Soviet and Cua started to trade and made friends. 1,500 CIA members went to investigate Cubans but got killed. They planned to secretly install missiles in Cuba. There were thirteen days coming closer to the Nuclear War. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War. -
Fall of Communism/ Soviet Union
The CIS declared that all eleven became different states. Less than half of the population was Russian. The red army defended not only Russians. The establishment of the New Union was in place. -
potsdam conference
The three Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Trumat met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev stepped up to president in March 1985 as the leader of Soviet Socialist Republics, it was soon clear that he was different from his predecessors
