The Cold War

By charleyann
  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    Competition for the advancement of nuclear weapons between the Allies and the Soviet Union. It lasted until 1991.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Held through the 11th of Febuary in 1945, the Yalta Conference was held to discuss the post-war rebuilding of Europe.
  • United Nations Began

    United Nations Began

    The United Nations is an international organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    The three powers decided how to ensure punishment on Nazi Germany.
  • Winston Churchill Resigns

    Winston Churchill Resigns

    Churchill resigned after serving two terms as the leader of England.
  • Greece Aid

    Greece Aid

    United States sent aid to Greece in order to get them back in shape after Worl War II
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    International Relations Policy by President Harry Truman.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    The decision that American made to aid Europe in rebuilding its economy and cities. The picture shows President Truman signing the recovery act.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    The Soviet Union blocked Allied-controlled-territory in Germany.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Allied supply planes landed in West Berlin every 30 seconds.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The Korean War was fought between South Korea (aided by Americans), and North Korea (aided by the Soviet Union) because of a political division.
  • Joseph Stalin Died

    Joseph Stalin Died

    Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union and died at age 73 in Moscow, Russia.
  • Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Ended in 1964. Served as the Secretary of the Soviet Union Communist leader.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    It lasted through 1972. The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to see who could beat the other by having the most space capability.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The war began by the United States supplying weapons to South Vietnam to avoid a communist takeover there.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    The U-2 Incident was when the United States had a spy plane flying overtop of the Soviet Unions' airspace and then they shot it down.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA.
  • Start of the Berlin Wall

    Start of the Berlin Wall

    It was contructed by the German Democratic Republic as a barrier between East and West Germany.
  • Completion of the Berlin Wall

    Completion of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall finished contruction around the end of 1961.
  • USSR Breakup

    USSR Breakup

    The USSR broke-up and then created the current 'Russia' and this breakup marked the end of The Cold War.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet Union and Cuba fought against each other; called the missle scare.
  • Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan

    War in Afghanistan that lasted for nine years until 1989. Millions of Afghanistan residents had to flee their country.
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    Called the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces; on this date is was signed by President Ronald Reagan.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power

    Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power

    Former Soviet Union's statesman.
  • German Unification

    German Unification

    This was the unification of East and West Germany.