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YALTA CONFERENCE
After World War II, the "Big Three" met at the Yalta Conference to arrange the way of the upcoming postwar world. This consisted mostly of formal recognitions, such as the democracy in Eurpoe and the undeniable Soviet power in the East. They also divided Germany into seperate zones of occupation. -
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
The "Big Three" meet again to finish up the work they began during the Yalta Conference. Here, they discuss the consequences for Germany's actions in the War, controlling its use of military as well as sentencing its Nazi leaders for their crimes. -
FIRST A-BOMB DROPPED ON JAPAN
The United States dropped A-bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan, marking the end of World War II and arguably the start of the Cold War. -
V-J DAY
V-J Day, or "Victory over Japan Day," was Japan's declaration of surrender to the Allies. -
IRON CURTAIN SPEECH
Given in Fulton, Missouri, Prime Minister Wiston Churchil warns of an Iron Curtain "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic," and all people that lie within the "Soviet Sphere" of said curtain are subject to "Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow." -
TRUMAN DOCTRINE ANNOUNCED
President Harry S Truman announced American aid to all nations thereby threatened by Communism. This created a worldwide containment of Communism. -
MARSHALL PLAN ANNOUNCED
Founded by Secretary of State George Marshall, the speech was delivered to announce the $13 billion disaster recovery grant to Europe as relief from World War II devestation. -
BERLIN AIRLIFT BEGINS
The United States brought in supplies to Berlin by plane; an 11 month feat headed by General Lucius Clay. -
NATO TREATY RATIFIED
NATO was a pact signed by the US, as well as representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal- all in alliance from the Soviet Union in the event of any act of aggression West, -
END OF BERLIN BLOCKADE
The 11 month assistance to Berlin officially ends. -
WARSAW PACT
Formed by the Soviet Union, the Warsasw Pact was a Communist military alliance installed to combat the agreement that West had for itself, NATO. -
SOVIETS EXPLODE A-BOMB
The USSR release "First Lightning" as a test at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. Here, they built mock buildings, bridges, placed human-like animals nearby, as well as several other city-equivalent structures to test the severity of the blow. -
COMMUNIST TAKEOVER IN CHINA
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Such a declaration put an end to the civil war that lasted nearly a decade, as well as settled the unrest in governmental standing at the time. -
BEGINNING OF MCCARTHYISM
Joeseph McCarthy began his infamous quest to instill fears of communism all throughout the United Staes. He scared the people by leading them to believe that Comminusts were all around them, living in close quarters with the rest of the people, and stirring up pure paranoia that is today recognized as McCarthyism. -
JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBURG EXECTED
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were a married couple that were sentenced to death by electric chair for allegedly conspiring to commit espionage. It was said that they were spies for the USSR, sharing United States secrets about atomic bombs. -
GENEVA SUMMIT
The "Big Four" met in Geneva, Switzerland in order to discuss peace. At the very least, the overall goal was to relieve tensions among nations. -
HUNGARIAN UPRISING
Protesters in Hungary demanded revisons in their Communist government. Their cries were answered and the protesters teamed together to come up with a plan for the event of an attack from the USSR. -
SUEZ WAR
France, Great Britain, and Israel all teamed up together with hopes of taking over the Suez Canal. However, United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations (the opposing side) combatted the former side and forced them to surrender. -
LAUNCHING OF SPUTNIK
Sputnik was the first object to orbit the earth made by man. Its launching also marks the start of the space race. -
U.S. U-2 PLANE SHOT DOWN
Gary Powers, an American piolt, experiences the loss of his plane U-2 on the Soviet Union's behalf. In turn, the Paris Summit between the two nations falls.
