Cold War

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  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    It is the name which is known the frontier between west and east Europe. This name was developed in 1945, after the ending of the WWII.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    It was a meeting between the liders of The USSR, the UK and the USA. It's considered the spark of the Cold War

  • Coflict of Greece

    Coflict of Greece
    It was a civil war in Greece fought between the Greek government army, supported by the UK and the USA; and the Democratic Army of Greece, supported by the Greek Communist Party. It ended in 1949.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    It was the first USA doctrine to fight against communism. It was setted up during the Cold War.

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    It is an alliance between 30 countries, including a great number of european countries. The founder ones were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, USA, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    It was the war between South Korea, supported by the USA and North Korea, supported by the USSR and China. It ended in 1953.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    As in Korea, it was a war between South and North Vietnam. Socialist Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1976 when the USSR seized South Vietnam. About 3.000.000 people died in this conflict.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    It was a treaty signed between the socialist countries to counteract the threat of the OTAN.

  • Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Hungarian Revolution of 1956
    It was a revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. At the end, the USSR made many promises for hungarian people and also many others were sent to prison.

  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I
    It was the first hand-made satellite to orbit around the Earth. It was developed by the USSR and also took part on the I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year).

  • Building of the Berlin Wall

    Building of the Berlin Wall
    It is the wall that separed West Germany and the socialist German Democratic Republic. It symbolizes the Iron Curtain.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    It is the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is also the point in which the Cold War would became into a nuclear war.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    It is the start event of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. It also became the opening of the Iron Curtain and the ending of the Cold War.

  • Fall of the USSR

    Fall of the USSR
    It was the process of internal disintegration within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It ended with the independance of 15 of its republics. Also, it's considered as the final event of the ending of the Cold War.