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The Postdam Conference
The big three- Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Priminister Winston Churchill, and U.S, President Harry Truman met in Postdam Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Iron Curtain Speech
After Sir Winston Churchill failed to be reelected as Britain's Priminister he traveled to make a speech at the Westminister College in Missouri. He gave his famous speech in front of 40,000 poeple. In his speech he talked about how an iron curtain had descended across the continent. His speech changed the way the democratic west viewed the communist east. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop the soviets from pushing imerialism during the Cold War. It was announced by Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947. He made a promise to stop the soviet threats towards Greece and Turkey. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a Plan to help and give aid to the European countries devestated by the war. The united states gave 13 billion dollars to help rebuild Western European Countries economy's after the end of World War ll. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crisis during the cold war. The soviet Union blocked the Western allies' railway and road ways to access the sections of Berlin under Western control. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to promoted democratic values and co-operation on defense and security issues. -
West Germany Formed
The Rupublic of Germany was split into three Allied Zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. -
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The Korean War
The Korean was fought between the two sides of Korea South and North. The south was aided by the United States and the North was supported by China and the Soviet Union. The United States sent troops into Korea to fight and help the South Koreans but they got beat badly and had to retreat. -
US aid to Republic of South Korea
The US gave aid to the republic of south Korea to help them fight against North Korea. -
Geneva Accords
There was a conference that took place in Geneva, Switzerland that produced documents known as the Geneva Accords. These agreements seperated vietnam into two zones a north zone governed by the viet minh and a southern zone to be governed by the state of vietnam. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was similar to NATO but its members were of the eight communist states of central and eastern europe in existence during the cold war led by the USSR. -
Spotnik 1
The spotnik was the first artificial earth satilite launched. THe soviet union took credit for this launch and was a great achievment in soviet history. -
U-2 incident
A US space craft/ UAV was shot down in soviet airspace. This created an uproar in the soviet comminity they felt betrayed by the united states. -
The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
The United states staged an invasion on cuba. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was created to separate west germany from east germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The missile crisis was a 13 confrontaion between the USSR and the The United States. They both threatened with nuclear warfare. -
US Troops arrive in Vietnam
Troops arrive in vietnam. This action escalated the conflict and didnt turn out well for the United States troops. -
The first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong landed on the moon along with Micheal collins. This was an amazing achievment because the soviets and the united states were in a race to see whom could get there first. -
SALT treaty
Nixon and the Soviet general signed an agreement to limit the amount of nuclear missiles. -
Soviet Troops invade Afgahnistan
The soviets invade Afgahnistan to take control. -
USA boycott
The USA protests the invasion of the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan by withdrawing their athletes. -
USSR boycott
The soviets withdrew their athletes from the summer olympics of 1984 -
perestroika and glasnost
Gorbachev annouces the economic and agriculture reconstruction of Russia -
Poland Becomes a democracy
Poland becomes a democracy after being a monarchy. -
Tiananmnen square protest
the massacre of pro democratic citizens that set up camp in tiananmen square. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
after 28 years the west berliners are set free from the destruction of the berlin wall -
Malta summit
George Bush and Gorbachev met to end the cold war. -
german reunification
germany was united after 45 years of speration -
Warsarw pact is dissolved
after 36 years the warsaw pact is dissolved after the military in russia fell apart. -
START
A treaty signed by the united states and the ussr to eliminate nuclear warheads. -
The Soviet Union is no more
the soviet union dissolves as a result of the declaration of the supreme soviet of the soviet union