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Yalta Conference
Meeting to decide what would happenen when the war ended. -
V E Day
Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army. -
Potsdam Conference
Germany, Austria and Korea divided and Russin Polish border was determined. -
Japanese surrender
United States dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As a consecuence Japenese surrended bringing WW2 to an end. -
Vietnam independence
Vietnam became independent. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill said the famous phrase "iron curtain has descended on Europe." -
Truman Doctrine
Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover. -
Marshall Plan
The United Estates offered economic aid to European countries with the aim of defeating Stalin. -
Formation of West Germany
The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West. -
Berlin Blockade
Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift. -
End of Berlin Blockade
Russia ended the blockade of Berlin. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
Korean War
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Death of Stalin
Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. -
Korean War
The Korean war ended. North Korea remained affiliated with Russia while South Korea was affiliated with the USA. -
Geneva Accords
This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Suez Crisis
Following military bombardment by Israeli forces, a joint British and French force invaded Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal which had been nationalised by the Egyptian leader Nasser. The attack was heavily criticised by World leaders, especially America because Russia had offered support to Egypt. The British and French were forced to withdraw and a UN peace keeping force was sent to establish order. -
Space Race
USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space. -
bay of pigs invasion
A force of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, aided by the US government attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow the Communist government of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany. -
Space Race
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A US spy plane reported sighting the construction of a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. President Kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles. -
JFK Assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder but there has always been speculation that he was not a lone killer and that there may have been communist or CIA complicity. -
Soviet union
Nikita Krushchev removed from office. He was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. -
Vietnam War
150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam. -
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia in a bid to stop the reforms known as ‘Prague Spring’ instigated by Alexander Dubcek. After this Dubcek was arrested. -
Space Race
US launched Apollo 8 – first manned orbit of the Moon and then landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. -
Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia. -
Vietnam
The Paris peace accords ended American involvement in Vietnam -
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Joint space venture between USA and USSR heralded as an end to the ‘Space Race’ -
Cambodia Killing fields
The Khmer Rouge attacked and took control of Cambodia. Any supporters of the former regime, anyone with links or supposed links to foreign governments as well as many intellectuals and professionals were executed in a genocide, this was called ‘killing fields’. -
Vietnam
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North led to the whole country becoming Communist -
Carter President
Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States -
Afghanistan
Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan -
Olympic Boycott by USA
A number of countries including the USA boycotted the summer Olympics held in Moscow in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
Olympic boycott by Russia
Russia and 13 allied countries boycotted the summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in retaliation for the US boycott of 1980. -
Govbachov leader of the Soviet union
Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union -
Chernobyl Disaster
An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine remains the worst nuclear disaster in history -
Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev announced his intention to follow a policy of glasnost – freedom of speech; and perestroika – restructuring of government and economy. He also advocated free elections and ending the arms race. -
Last trops of Afghanistan
the last soviet trops left Afghanistan -
Tiananmen Square
Anti Communist protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China were crushed by the government. The death count is unknown. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was torn down -
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution, also known as the Gentle Revolution, was a series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that led to the overthrow of the Communist government. -
Malta Summit
It was a meeting between Mikhail Gorbachow and George H W. Because they reserved provisions of the Yalta Conference in 1945.In the beggining of the Cold War -
German reunification
East and West Germany were reunited as one country -
End of warsaw pact
The warsaw pact wich allied Communist countries was ended -
START
The Strategic Arms Reduction treaty was signed between Russia and the USA -
Gorbachev resigned
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. The hammer and sickle flag on the Kremlin was lowered -
End of the Soviet Union
Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union
