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Yalta Conference
When world leaders met to discuss the new organization of the European countries. -
Potsdam Conference
To allow leading allies to plan and talk-out the plan for peace. -
Creation of the UN
Established after WWII in efforts to keep world peace. -
Truman Doctrine
A statement saying that the U.S. will support those threatened by the circumstance of communist nations. -
Creation of NATO
This is the day that the NATO alliance was formed. -
Korean War
When the North Korean army invaded South Korea. -
Cuban Revolution
Military and political event to overthrow Cuba's govt. -
Space Race
When the USSR and the USA were competing to see who could have superior space flight first. -
Vietnam War
The war to defend Vietnam being a sovereign nation. -
Suez Crisis
When the Egyptian president nationalized the Suez Canal which was owned by European countries -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed invasion on the Southwestern coast of Cuba -
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to slow reformist trends in Prague. -
Soviet-Afghan War
When the USSR invaded Afghanistan because of their stance against communism. -
Chernobyl
Reactor #4 had an accident and let a large amount of radioactive material into the environment. Chernobyl is still exclusive on who can live there today. -
Fall of The Berlin Wall
When told by politicians that they should be able to cross the wall any time, East Germans went to take down the Berlin wall so they could freely cross.
