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Yalta Conference
A meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt as World War II was winding down. Yalta Conference. (n.d.). Retrieved February 09, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
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Hiroshima
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stage of World War II. Avalon Project - The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (n.d.). Retrieved February 09, 2016, from http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp07.asp
Hiroshima and the Inheritance of Trauma - The New Yorker. (2014). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/hiroshima-inheritance-trauma -
Nagasaki
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stage of World War II. Avalon Project - The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (n.d.). Retrieved February 09, 2016, from http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp07.asp
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/photos/nagasaki/image19.html -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism. It was announced to Congress by President Truman and he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. The Truman Doctrine, 1947 - 1945–1952 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $130 billion (in current $) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies.
Marshall Plan Posters. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://marshallfoundation.org/marshall/the-marshall-plan/marshall-plan-poster-contest/ -
Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
Berlin blockade and airlift | Europe [1948-1949]. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-blockade-and-airlift -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/formation-of-nato-and-warsaw-pact -
Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union.
Armistice ends the Korean War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-korean-war -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact is Signed. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/warsaw-pact-signed -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Bay of Pigs Invasion: Brigade 2506 prisoners. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/2506-prisoners-1.htm -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin. Berlin Wall. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. Fidel-castro-standing-at-podium-with-hands-behind-his-back-2. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis/pictures/cuban-missile-crisis/fidel-castro-standing-at-podium-with-hands-behind-his-back-2 -
Four Power Agreement Berlin
The agreement was between the U.S., U.K., France, U.S.S.R. / East and west Germany. During the time it granted the right of Berlin citizens to move freely around both east and west Berlin and also the responsibility to respect each sides sovereignty. Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://diplomacy.state.gov/berlinwall/www/archive/IMG026.html -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. More than sixty American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days. The History Guy: Iran-U.S. Hostage Crisis (1979-1981). (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.historyguy.com/iran-us_hostage_crisis.html -
Dissolution of the USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. A dedicated reformer, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR, ending the USSR.
Collapse: Lessons in Unrest from the Ruin of the Soviet Empire, page 1. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread830152/pg1
