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Cold War by Trent
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Postdam Conference
The Postdam Conference was a meeting between the Soviet Union, UK, and U,S,A. The meeting was to decide what they would do to the defeated Nazi Germany. -
Formation of the United Nations
On this date 26 nations at war with the Axis Powers met in Washington D.C to create the United Nations -
Iron Curtain descends on Europe
On March 5, 1946 Winston Churchhill delivered a speech that says "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." some people say this was one of the first announces of the begining of the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman made a speech in which he said the U.S would support Greece and Turkey, so they wouldnt fall into the soviet sphere -
Creation of Israel
The United Nations voted on a partition plan that created the stat of Israel. -
Marshall Plan
The marshal plan was a plan to help aid European countries to give them economical support after world war II. The marshall plan was active for four years. one of the main goals was to eliminate trade baarriers. -
Berlin Air Lift
After World War II Germany's Capital into four parts going to the Soviet Union,American, British. and French. But the Soviet Union wanted it all to themselves so they shut down all roads and highways coming into the city so everything had to be air lifted into the city. -
Formation of NATO
To help try to stop Communism from spreading the U.S and 11 other countries signed the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization also known as NATO. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded the South but the South were clearly over powered so the U.S. was 88% of South koreas army. -
Stalin Dies
Leader of Soviet Union dies in Moscow -
Vietnam War
This war was fought by North and South Vietnam. The U.S played a major role in this war by itts support with the South. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Warsaw Pact, called so because it was signed in Warsaw. That put the Soviet in charge of the armed forces of the member of the pact. -
Suez Crisis
Israeli, French, and British forces pushed into Egypt heading toward the Suez Canal. The Canal was nationalized earlier that year in July. -
Sputnik I & Sputnik II
The Soviet Union launched the first artifical satellite into space. Only about the size of a beach ball weighing about 180 pounds. On Nov. 3 the soviets launched Sputnik II including a dog named Laika. -
NASA is Formed
Since it's has been operational NASA has led most of the U.S space exploration. Including the Apollo moon landing. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invsasion was a failed invasion by the CIA into Cuba. -
Berlin Wall Constructed
On August 12, 1961 Eastern German soldiers layed down more than 30 miles of barbed wire fence through the heart of Berlin. Eastern citizens were forbiddened to pass into Western Berlin. On August 15,1961 Eastern soldiers then began to replace the barbed wire with a concrete wall reaching 15 feet high in some places. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
In October of 1962 for 13 days Cuba and the U.S. were close to war after a spy plane caught sight of nuclear missles being built. After many meetings with his advisors he decided to place ships around Cuba to stop Soviets from bringing military supplies into Cuba. -
Kennedy is Assassinated
Kennedy was shot by a sniper in a presidential motorcade. -
USS Pueblo Incident
The USS Pueblo was an American ship which was boarded and captured by North Korea. North Korea says that the boat drifted into territorial waters, but the U.S. says that the boat was in international waters at the time of the incident. The Pueblo is the only U.S. Navy ship being held captive to date. -
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
This treaty was to openly show that you had nulcear weapons. -
UN Resolution 2758
This resolution was to find a new reperasentative for China in the United Nations. -
Nixon Visits China
The visit allowed the American public to see China for the first time in two decades. -
Salt I & Salt II Agreements
These treaties limited the use and amount of missles each country could have. -
Paris Peace Accords
The treaty was to end the war in Vietnam and establish peace. -
South Vietnam Falls
South Vietnam falls to the communist North Vietnam -
Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4th 1979 a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They held 52 american hostages for 444 days. President Jimmy Carter said this about the hostages "victims of terroism and anarchy". The hostage were released on January 20th,1981. -
USSR invades Afghanistan
On the night of Dec. 24 the USSR sent 30,000 troops into Afghanistan. -
U.S &Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
The boycott was issued by the U.S in protest on the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. -
Korean Airline Flight 007
A flight from New York to Seoul but during the flight it was shot down by a Soviet plane. -
U.S Invades Grenada
This Invasion happened just 2 days after the bombing of U.S marine barracks. -
Chernobyl Disaster
A nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine. -
Iran Contra Affair
The iran contra affair was a political scandal where officails sold fire arms to Iran. -
Tiananmen Spuare Massacre
In Bejing, China the military has trying to get deeper into the capital. Protesters stood in the way then the military opening shot at the protesters. -
Dissolving of The Soviet Union
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev resigned which ended the Cold War. At 7:32 the soviet flag was lowered and the Russian tricolor was raised.
