COLD WAR

The Yalta Conference

Feb 8, 1945

They decided the post-war status of Germany.The Allies of World War II (the USA, the USSR, Great Britain and France) divided Germany into four occupation zones.

First Commmunist Government

Jan 1, 1946

First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

Power of Poland Seized

Jan 2, 1947

Communists seize power in Poland.
Truman Doctrine announced.

Beggining of Airlift in Berlin

Jun 1, 1948

Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)

(NATO )established

Apr 2, 1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.Helped bring or stablish peace.

War between US and North Korea

Jun 23, 1950

U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
(the Korean War ends July 27, 1953)

Irian government overthrown

Aug 2, 1953

U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.

First Soviet manmade satellite

Oct 4, 1957

Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.

Cuba invated

Apr 3, 1961

Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
East Germany builds Berlin War

Test Ban Treaty

Jul 1, 1963

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified

Vietnam War Extended to Cambodia

Apr 1, 1970

President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia

Defeat of South Vietnam

Apr 17, 1975

North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces

Intermediate nuclear missiles removed

Oct 2, 1986

President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe

Germany Reunited

Mar 22, 1995

March : Lithuania becomes independent
Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia
Germany reunited

Soviet Union Cold War End

Aug 3, 2000

End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends