Cold War Timeline

By j.smith3

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    This was the second of the three meetings that the "Big Three" had, and it was drawn up to defeat Nazi Germany Army

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    The "Big Three" were looking forward to postwar life in the world, and what they should do in the far east.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    It said that the U.S. would support Turkey and Greece with economic and military to help them from failing to the Soviet Union.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Secretary of State George C. Marshall offered economic aid to all european nations to help recover from the destruction from WWII.

  • NATO Formation

    NATO Formation
    all members would work together to assist and defend each other against all forms of aggression.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    When they dropped food to the people of Berlin and delievered 4,000 tons a day.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Signing the Warsaw Pact as this allowed the USSR to present itself as merely one of a group of equally concerned nations, rather than the single dominant power.