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Yalta conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the US (FDR), Britain (Winston Churchill) and the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea, USSR. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by Soviet communism. The Truman Doctrine became the foundation of American foreign policy, and led, to the formation of NATO. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. The plan was in operation for four years beginning April 8, 1948. The goals of the US was to rebuild war-devastated regions, remove trade barriers, and prevent the spread of communism -
berlin Airlift
On June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin, The US and Britain responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. On May 12, 1949, when Soviet forces lifted the blockade on land access to western Berlin. -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 -
korean war begins
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea -
US tests first hydrogen bomb in marshall islands
The US conducted its first nuclear test of a fusion device, or “hydrogen bomb,” at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands -
Korean War ends
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. -
McCarth Hearings
The McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the US Senate, the hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO -
soviet union tests first hydrogen bomb
The Soviet Union exploded its first hydrogen bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site. It had a yield of 1.6 megatons. This began a series of Soviet hydrogen bomb tests. -
Launch of Sputnik
The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball, weighed only 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth. -
Bay of pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
Berlin wall built
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin it was constructed by the German Democratic Republic the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992. -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war -
Installation of hot line
To lessen the threat of an accidental nuclear war, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” communication system between the two nations. The agreement was a small step in reducing tensions between the United States and the USSR -
SALT
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) were two conferences and international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union on the issue of armament control. The two talks and agreements were SALT I and SALT II -
invasion of afganastan
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989 -
Intermediate Range Nuclear forces Treaty
The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty required the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate all of their nuclear weapons and missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers -
Collapse of the berlin wall
The East German government announced that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. -
Unification of East and West germany
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city. -
Collapse of the Soviet union
The Soviet Union was dissolved as a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and created the Commonwealth of Independent States