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The Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin after the Berlin Blockade happened. Over 300,000 flights were made by multiple air forces -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman, met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Iron Curtain decsends over Europe
Iron Curtain is the barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to close off itself and its eastern and central European allies from contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal forces. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was Americas way to try and aid Europe, the United States gave money to help rebuild the economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Communism. -
Creation of Israel
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, stated the establishment of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized it on the same day. -
Formation of NATO
The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, North Korea. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Warsaw Pact is formed
The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union, -
Suez Crisis
In the 1950's, President Nasser of Egypt claimed ownership of the Suez Canal, causing an crisis by denying access to shipping from other nations. It brought Egypt to the verge of war with the U.K. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States attempting to prevent the spread of communism. -
Spunik I
Sputnik 1 was the first unmanned satellite to be launched into space. It was sent into a low orbit around the earth’s atmosphere in October 1957 by the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was the second object sent into earth’s orbit, and the first one to carry a passenger. Lakia the dog was kept in a capsule separate from the rest of the cone shaped capsule. -
NASA is formed
The United States Congress passes legislation of NASA. The formation of NASA was a sign that the United States was committed to win the "space race" against the Soviets. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group. -
Berlin Wall Contructed
As an effort to stop the wave of refugees attempting to leave East Berlin, the communist government of East Germany began building the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin. The wall caused a short-term crisis in U.S.-Soviet relations. -
Cuban Misile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. In a TV address, President John Kennedy told Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision to put up a blockade around Cuba. -
Uss Pueblo
Pueblo, an American technical research ship, which supposedly entered Korean waters, was boarded and captured by North Korean forces on January 23, 1968. -
Salt I & II Agreements
A series of treaties were issued under the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty to follow the build up of nuclear weapons. -
UN Resolution 2758
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 was passed in reply to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668. This move effectively ended the Republic of China's full membership at the United Nations and remains an example of the political status of Taiwan. -
Iran Hostage Crises
On November 4, 1979, a group young Islamic people overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage. -
USSR Invades Afghanistan
Invasion of Afghanistan by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslims during the Afghan War. -
U.S. & Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The protesters, who were students, were forcibly suppressed by leaders who ordered the military to enforce laws in the country's capital. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time on Christmas Day in 1991. A few days earlier, representatives from 11 Soviet republics met in the city of Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union.
