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Yalta Conference
Cited as start of Cold War -
United Nations
Internantional organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts -
Potsdam
Truman demanded free election in Eastern Europe -
Winston Churchill March
"An iron curtain has descended across the continent" -
Truman Doctrine
USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism -
Marshall Plan
U.S. economic recovery for war-torn Europe -
Division of Germany
Germany is divided into 4 zones, East Germany and West Germany -
Berlin Blockade
Blockade to sectors of Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
Carry supplies into Western Berlin -
North Alantic Treaty Organization
Military alliance provided mutual help if attacked USA, Britain, France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, Gelgium, Norway. (NATO) -
Arms Race Cold War
Race to develope nuclear weapons -
Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany. Democratic State -
Korean War
War between North and South Korea -
German Democratic Republic
East Germany. Communist controlled -
Joseph Stalins Death
Joseph Stalin is dead -
Nakita Khrushchev Come to Power
Nakits is elected into office -
Space Race
Race to get into space -
Sputnik
First satalite in space. -
Vietman War
Second Indo-China War -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviets invade and push out most Afghans to Iran and Pakistan -
U-2 Incident
U-2 spyplave was shot down over Soviet Union -
Yuri Gagarin
First man in space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
Wall Put up to split East and West Germany -
Cuban Missile Crysis
Soviet Union putting missiles in Cuba -
Cold War
Period of international tension between USA and USSR -
INF Treaty
Treat betweent USA and Soviet Union for elimination of missiles -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Mikhail is elected into office -
German Reunification
Germnay reunited as one -
U.S.S.R. Breakup
USSR is no more
