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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference took between the 4th to the 11th of February 1945. It involved the meeting of the three most powerful Allied Leaders, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet President Joseph Stalin, in order to discuss the future of WW2 and the post world war conditions. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting between Stalin, Churchill and Truman to discuss the end of WW2 and what would come of post-war borders. -
Division of Germany and Berlin
After Germany's defeat at the End of WW2, Germany was divided into 4 parts belonging to the US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. This was decided at the Potsdam Conference. -
End of WW2
The end of the Second World War which included the major nations of the globe and was marked by the surrender of Germany to the Allied Powers on the 2nd of September 1945. -
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations was officially formed after the meeting of 50 nations in San Francisco in 1945. It was formed with the aim of creating an assembly where member nations could discuss and resolve social and economic issues. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, created by President Truman enforced that the US provide military, political and economic assistance to nations being threatened by the Soviet Union or other communist states. -
Marshall Aid
Marshall Aid was the American initiative to aid Western European countries that had been destroyed by war by supplying economic support of an estimated 13 billion dollars. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was formed by the US and 11 other western nations in order to quell the expansion of communism -
Korean War
The Korean War began with the North Korean invasion of South Korea. A US led UN force came to the aid of South Korea, prompting China, supported by the Soviets, to side with North Korea. -
USSR Tests First H Bomb
The first Soviet test of a nuclear bomb, following the United States test in November 1952. It was aimed to confront the US. -
Formation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was the defence treaty signed by the Soviet Union and other Soviet republics, formed in reaction to West Germany's induction into NATO. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a proxy war fought between the communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam and their main supporter the US. It had symbolic influence on the Cold War, and took place in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. -
Hungarian Uprising
Also known as the Hungarian Revolution, was a nationwide revolution against Soviet policies in Hungary. It was the first serious threat to Soviet control. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite ever launched into space, launched by the Soviet Union which triggered the 'Space Race' between the US and Soviet Union, a confrontation in the Cold War. -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 Incident was the shooting down of a US spy plane containing CIA Pilot Francis Gary Powers on orders to take photographs of restricted areas of Russia including military bases. -
Berlin Wall Built
The Berlin Wall was built in order to seperate the Soviet controlled East Berlin from the capitalist West. This involved building a wall surrounding West Berlin and isolating them from the rest of Germany, also restricting migration between the communist and capitalist states. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a intense period of tension between the Soviet Union and the US over missiles placed in Cuba, just 90 miles of the coast of the US. This crisis lasted between the 14th and 28th of October 1962, and was the closest the Cold War ever came to becoming a real nuclear war. -
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring was the liberalisation of Czechoslovakia between the 5th of January and August 21st 1968, when the Soviet Union invaded to intervene with reforms -
SALT 1
SALT 1 was the first of 2 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the leader of the US and of the USSR. These talks aimed to negotiate a treaty that would head the arms race -
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Blockade occurred when the Soviet Union blocked off all routes into West Berlin cutting off supplies to the resident living there. In response the American government flew hundreds of planes a day into West Berlin in order to supply the people with provisions. The Berlin Blockade was lifted on the 12th of May the following year. -
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan consisted of Soviet troops intervening in the war between the communist Afghan government, and anti-communist Muslim fighters. The Soviets aimed to support the new communist regime. -
Communist Governments Fall
In 1989 following the fall of the Berlin Wall, many revolutions occurred in communist states of Eastern Europe that sought to end communist rule. These revolutions continued until 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. -
End of The Cold War
The Cold War ended with the decay of all Soviet Republics, as they became independent states from the Soviet Union. This occurred after Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, as all members of the Soviet Union left Gorbachev was left with nothing to lead, and the US with noone to fight.