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Cold War
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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference occurs, deciding the post-war status of Germany. The Allies of World War II (the USA, the USSR, Great Britain and France) divide Germany into four occupation zones. -
start of the cold war
1946
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's “Iron Curtain” speech marks beginning of the Cold War. -
truman doctorine begins
U.S. President Harry Truman requests funds to support Greek and Turkish efforts to fight communism. It marks the beginning of the Truman doctrine. -
the berlin airlift
The Berlin airlift supplies West Berlin with basic necessities after the Soviet Union blocks off the city in an effort to force the West to give it up. -
N.A.T.O.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed by the United States and many western European countries to defend Europe against Soviet aggression -
S.E.A.T.O
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is formed to block the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. -
the war saw pact
The Warsaw Pact is formed by the Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counter NATO -
Comunist Cuba
Cuba becomes communist under Fidel Castros rule. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
United States government sponsored an attempt by Cuban exiles to assault Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro and the communist government he led. The exiles were well armed and trained in Central America by the CIA. The attack failed because of the selection of a poor landing site, inability to disable the Cuban Air Force and overestimation of the Cuban people’s willingness to support a strike against Castro. -
Cuban Missile crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis sparks a major confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union when the U.S. discovers the existence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba. -
Czechoslovakia invaded
Soviet and Warsaw Pact allies invade Czechoslovakia to arrest the current leadership and restore hard-line Communists to power -
Nixon Vistits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. leader to visit communist China, leading to a thaw in Cold War relations. -
C.I.A. helps chile
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secetly helps overthrow Chile's socialist government under Salvador Allende -
S.A.L.T.
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT ) is signed by the Soviet Union and the United States, limiting the proliferation of weapons, including nuclear missiles. -
I.N.F. treaty
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign INF treaty, which removes medium and short-range nuclear missles -
the fall of the berlin wall.
The Berlin Wall falls -
S.T.A.R.T.
The Strategic Arms Reduction Talk (START) is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Gorbachev calling for additional disarmament of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons. -
Cold Wars End
The Soviet Union breaks up into independent republics; the Cold War ends.
