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Leaders from the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom met in the Ukraine for an eight-day conference to divide Germany between the Allied forces for reconstruction purposes.
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At the Postwar Settlement Conference, Truman spoke to Stalin and informed him that the United States possessed atomic weaponry.
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Truman allows for the first atomic bomb attack in the world in Hiroshima, followed by a second attack in Nagasaki three days later, both in Japan near the end of World War II.
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Winston Churchill talks about the Iron Curtain metaphor: how the Soviets relish in their communism behind an iron curtain that separates them from Western Europe.
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Beginning in 1947 and stretching until 1954 was a period known as the Second Red Scare, or McCarthyism. Joseph McCarthy gained fame and put the United States into panic by claiming he knew which government officials and military individuals were secretly members of the Communist party.
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Joseph Stalin closed any routes leading to the area of Berlin that the Allied forces were located, preventing them from recieving food or supplies. It was an attempt to urge the Allies to negotiate with Stalin on his own terms.
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Truman launches the Berlin airlift. United States aircraft flew supplies and food for the Allies to the area of Berlin that was blocked off. Lasted for over 300 days,
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created between the United States, Canada, and a handful of European countries in order to cease the spread of Communism.
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Soviets reveal themselves as a nuclear power by testing Joe 1, their first atomic bomb.
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To create an opposing force to NATO, the Warsaw Pact was formed and included the Soviets and Germany.
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The Soviets take the lead in the "space race" by launching the very first spacecraft, Sputnik. A month later they launched Sputnik II, which had a dog on board therefore being the first living being in space.
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In an attempt to overthrow Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro, the United States put together troops of exiled Cubans to travel to Cuba and fight. Through secret intelligence, Castro found out about the plan beforehand and captured the troops, later releasing them after negotiation with US officals.
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The Berlin Wall is built in order to separate the Communists from the others, therefore keeping the Communism in tact and strong.
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In order to keep America away from Castro and preventing the spread of Communism, the Soviets placed missiles onto the island of Cuba. When the United States found out, they barricaded Cuba with vessels and threatened to search any incoming watercraft. After thirteen days, the United States and the Soviets came to an agreement: the Soviets must remove missiles if America left cuba alone and remove (inactive) missiles from Turkey.
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The Limited Test Ban Treaty was created in order to limit the testing of nuclear bombs to underground. The Treaty was signed by the United States, United Kingdom, as well and the Soviet Union.
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President John Kennedy is assassination in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty was signed by the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom and put into effect in 1970, preventing the spread of nuclear intelligence.
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Manned by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 becomes the first successful mission to bring mankind to the moon, pushing the United States to the lead of the space race.
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United States President Ronald Reagan meets with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time, which is followed with many meetings leading towards peace and treaties limiting nuclear actions.
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Germany becomes a unified country.
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After speaking with the Russian President Boris Yeltsin, George Bush Sr. announces the end of the Cold War.
