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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    The Yalta Conference was a meeting British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and President Franklin. D Roosevelt early in 1945's as WW2 was winding down.
  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    Over the past century, the arms race metaphor has assumed a prominent place in public discussion of military affairs.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    In February, the British government informed the US that it could no longer furnish the economic and military assistance it had been providing to Greece and turkey since the end of WW2. Truman believed that both nations were threatened by communism and it jumped at the chance to take a tough stance against the soviet union.
  • Berlin Blockage

    Berlin Blockage

    The Berlin Blockage was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, great Britain, and the US to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    By July, American marine troops had entered the war on Korea behalf. This was the first invasion of the Cold War. Was a war between international communism.
  • Joseph Stalin dies

    Joseph Stalin dies

    In 1900, Stalin became inactive in revolutionary politic activism. As the war progressed, Stalin sat in on the major allied conferences.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam war was a long armed conflict that pitted the communist. Ended with the withdraw of U.S. forces.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    Space exploration served as another dramatic area for Cold War competition between everyone.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    A international diplomatic crisis erupted in may 1960 when the Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane.
  • Bay of Pigs invasion

    Bay of Pigs invasion

    In may 1960, Castro established diplomatic relations with the soviet union, and the United States responded by prohibiting the importance of Cuban sugar.
  • Cuban Missile crisis

    Cuban Missile crisis

    During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13 day political and military standoff in October. Everyone was on the erg of it was the start of an Nuclear War.
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    As midnight approached, the soviet organized a massive airlift into Kabul. The mujaheddin employed guerrilla tactics against the soviets.
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    Treaty between U.S and the Soviet Union. The treaty eliminated all Nuclear Missiles, as well as their launchers.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Even though Berlin was located entirely within the soviet part of the country, the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into smaller sections.
  • U.S.S.R Breakup

    U.S.S.R Breakup

    Soviet hammer and Sickle flag lowered the last time over the Kremlin. President of the soviet resigned his post and went to far. Left to the newest independent state, Russia .
  • German Unification

    German Unification

    Whereas Camillo de Cavour directed Italian unification. A junker named Otto Van Bismark pushed German Unification through "Blood and Steel" and skillful understanding of realpolitik.