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Berlin Aiflift
Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization -
Arms Race
competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe -
Berlin Blockade
an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Formation of NATO
This alignment provided the framework for the military standoff that continued throughout the Cold War . -
Korean War
United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance -
Death of Joseph Stalin
Died of a heart attack in Moscow, Russia. -
Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power
Selected as one of five men named to the new office of Secretariat of the Communist Party. -
Hungarian Revolution
This began as a Hungarian protest against Communist rule in Budapest -
Suez Crisis
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis -
Space Race
20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States -
U-2 Incident
during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
Berlin Wall (Completion and Start)
Berlin wall was completed in 1961 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff. -
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere. -
JFK Assassination
Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. -
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact forces entered Czechoslovakia in a bid to stop the reforms known as 'Prague Spring' instigated by Alexander Dubcek. -
Four Power Agreement Berlin
Made between Russia, USA, Britain and France reconfirmed the rights and responsibilities of those countries with regard to Berlin. -
SALT
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR. -
Cambodia Killing Fields
The Khmer Rouge attacked and took control of Cambodia. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Insurgent groups known as the Mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Olympic Boycott by Russia
Russia and 13 allied countries boycotted the summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in retaliation for the US boycott of 1980. -
INF Treaty
1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union -
MIkhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Election was a victory for Gorbachev, it also revealed serious weaknesses in his power base that would eventually lead to the collapse of his presidency in December 1991. -
German Re-Unification
The two parts of Germany come back together after the second World War -
U.S.S.R.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state -
Vietnam War
War that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
