Cold War 2015

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Big three meet to dicuss Europe's post-war reorganization. The Big Three are Stalin, FDR, and Churchill.

Arms Race

Aug 19, 1945

Both U.S and Soviet Union were making nuclear weapons both scared one was going to use it on the other.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Established that the U.S would provide political, military,adn economic assistance to all nationsunder threats from external or internal authoritarian forces

Marshall Plan

Apr 18, 1948

American effort to help Europe, gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Europe.

Berlin Blockade

Jun 4, 1948

Soviets blocked Western Allies railways, roads, and canals.

Berlin Airlift

Jun 4, 1948

Carrying supplies to people in East Berlin after it was blocked off.

Korean War

Jun 5, 1950

War between North and South Korea, China fought for North and United Nations, led by America, fought for South Korea

Joseph Stalin Dies

Mar 5, 1953

Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union dies.

Vietnam War

Nov 19, 1955

Started on acount of communism and trying to unify Vietnam

Cuban Missle Crisis

Dec 2, 1956

Geopolitical,ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers

Space Race

Oct 4, 1957

Race between U.S.S.R. and U.S. to see who get to space first

Nakita Khrushchev comes to Power

Mar 27, 1958

Responsible for De-stalinization

U-2 Incident

May 1, 1960

U.S flew plane over Soviet territory and they shot it down and U.S. lied about what it was.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Apr 7, 1961

Communism was in Cuba so U.S. sent cuban escapies back to Cuba to try and cause an uprise agaisnt communism. Failed horribly.

First Man to Orbit earth

Apr 17, 1961

Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit Earth, put America in a panic

Berlin Wall (Start)

Aug 30, 1961

U.S.S.R. built wall around East Berlin to keep people in.

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Dec 25, 1979

Afghan rebels planned to overthrow the goverment for more freedoms

INF Treaty

May 7, 1988

First nuclear arms control agreement to actually reduce nuclear arms

Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power

Oct 25, 1988

Came to power to control Soviet Union

Berlin Wall (Finish)

Nov 16, 1989

Finished builing the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall (take down)

Jun 13, 1990

Started to take down the Berlin Wall because their efforts werent enough to keep people in.

German Unification

Oct 3, 1990

Turned into a politically and administratively integrated nation state

U.S.S.R. Breakup

Dec 26, 1991

Soveit Union broke up and into littler states

Berlin Wall (take down)

Aug 20, 1992

Finished taking the Berlin Wall down ande everyone was free