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Yalta Conference
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin. and Franklin Roosevelt during the conference, agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and begin post-war plans. -
Potsdam Conference
Germany and Austria were divided into 4 zones and the Russian-Polish border was divided into Soviet and American zones. This began the rivalry between the US and Soviet Union. -
Hiroshima and 1st atomic bomb
The dropping of the atomic bomb caused Japan to surrender quickly before Stalin had the chance to enter war in the Pacific. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announced that he would help any country that is taken over by communists and wanted to counter the Soviet Union. This made the rivalry between the US and USSR public to the world. -
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Berlin Blockade
Was one of the first international crises of the Cold War in which the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the Western sectors of Berlin. -
NATO Formed
Primary purpose was to unify all Western allies in case of a possible invasion from the Soviet Union and it's Warsaw Pact states. -
Formation of West Germany
Germany split into West and East Germany. West Germany was occupied by the US, UK, and France. This gave NATO more power for the Cold War. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a proxy war. North Korea supported the communist Soviet Union and South Korea supported the capitalist United States. -
Warsaw Pact formed
Was a definite opponent to American capitalism or NATO. Warsaw Pact was seen as a sign of Communist and Soviet dominance in eastern Europe, and was seen as quite the military threat to Western allies. -
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Vietnam War
The U.S. went into war with Vietnam fearing that Vietnam will turn communist when it was bribed by the USSR to. The Vietnam war was intensified by the ongoing Cold War and during this time period, the U.S. has taken major blows from the Cold War and Vietnam War, calling it a "proxy" war. -
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
200,000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia. This was advancement for the Soviet Union during the war and was important for their power. -
Four Power Agreement Berlin
Four leaders from the U.S., Soviet Union, France, and the U.K reconfirmed the rights and responsibilities of the four Powers for the future of Berlin and Germany as a whole. The Agreement covered series of East-West agreements which led to the period known as Détente. It also united ties between divided Berlin, improved travel and communications, and brought improvements for the residents of the Western Sectors. -
Malta Summit
The USSR and US declared an end to the Cold War during the Malta Summit. This is extremely important because the world would be drastically different today if the Cold War didn't end when it did. -
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Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution was the peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia to gain independence from the Communist government. This was important in the Cold War because it weakened the USSR. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Cold War began to disintegrate across Eastern Europe, causing the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party to announce a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, citizens of the GDR (East Germany) were free to cross the country's borders. -
Romanian Revolution
Was known to be the last of the popular uprisings against communist rule in eastern Europe of that year where Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown and fled from Bucharest. -
German Reunification
Ended 45 years of separation and disintegrated the communist German Democratic Republic and was marked one of the final events that took place during the Cold War. -
End of Warsaw Pact
The end of the Warsaw Pact suggested that the Soviet Union was losing control of its territory and was becoming unstable. -
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)
The talks spanned for three decades with which during the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended. The bilateral conferences negotiated the control of weapons between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
End of Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union showed the West that they were more powerful. This also led to a new Russian country and recognition of Capitalism as the best economic system.
