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Potsdam
Potsdam was a final wartime meeting of the "Big Three" that ended the war and war alliances. It took place in Belin. They attempted to feel with Japan: there were 2 choices. 1.) Japan would be disarmed and would be allowed to develops democratically or they would destroy they nation if Japan didn't surrender. Least Purssia was divided, the northeast would go to the Soviet Union, and the rest to Soviet Union. This lead to unintended boundaries that lead to the Cold War. -
Beginning of the Cold War
The Soviet Union and Russia were struggling for power. Germany was divided into 4 zones. The soviet section was its own communist section. It was very akward. Berlin was split and there was conflict. The US. then devised a plan to stop the spread of communism with the Truman Doctine, which publically branded them as "anti" communists. -
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Berlin Blockade/ airlift
The Berlin airlift was a massive transfer to essential supplies flown into Berlin, Germany during 1948 and 1949 by British and the U.S forces in around-the-clock missions. The airlift was both an important incident of the Cold War and the most extraordinary peacetime military operation in history. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. -
The U-2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident happened during the Cold War on may 1, 1960 when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down from soviet airspace. -
Berlin Wall
Is a physical barrier separating East and West Berlin, built 11 feet high. More than 23,000 East Germans fled west across the wall, hundreds died trying to escape across it. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a climax of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S. Their was a standoff between the presidents over the soviet plan to install nuclear missiles on island nation of Cuba. -
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Soviet Afghanistan War
ThevSoviet Union failed in securing Afghanistan from the rebels for such a long period of time.
The United States provided the Mujahideen with Stinger missiles. These enabled them to shoot down Soviet helicopters and were a major turning point in the war.
Around 13,000 Soviet troops were killed in the war. Over 1 million Afghanis died from the war. Most of these were civilians, not soldiers.
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Glasnot/Perestroika
In the 1980's the soviet union had economical problems, and to try and fix it the installed the two policies of "Glasnost" and "Perstrokia". Perstrokia was politically and economically restricting and it lead to civil unrest. Glasnost bestowed more rights onto the Soviets, but it lead to an increase in social protests and panics. Glasnost and Prestroikia led to the fall of the cold war -
Fall of Communism/ Soviet Union
11 republics became independent. 3 Baltic states left the union. The communism collapsed when Gorbachev resigned because the communist party refused to reconstruct the federation as a renamed union of Sovereign socialist republics -
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Beginning of the Cold War
The Soviet Union and Russia were struggling for power. Germany was divided into 4 hostile zones. The Soviet section was its own communist section and it was very awkward. Berlin was split and and there was conflict and Germany was 2 separate nations. The U.S. and Soviet Union harbored negative feelings towards each other. the U.S. Decided a plan to stop communion with the Truman Doctrine which publicly branded them as "anti communists". The Marshall plan was put in place to build democracies in
