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Berlin Blockade
West Berlin was completely isolated from West Germany, with all land and river routes blocked. -
Yalta Conference
- The Yalta Conference happened from February 4th to February 11th in 1945. It was a meeting during World War II where the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union got together to talk about how Germany and Europe would be organized after the war.
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Second Red Scare
McCarthyism, also called the Second Red Scare, was a time when people were unfairly targeted and punished for being left-wing, with a big focus on accusing others of being communist or having ties to the Soviet Union in the late 1940s and 1950s. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is a policy of the United States that promises to provide assistance to democracies in order to protect them from authoritarian threats. This doctrine was created with the main objective of opposing the expansion of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War. -
Korean War
North Korea aimed to forcefully unite the Korean peninsula under communist rule. To counter this, President Truman sent US forces to aid South Korea, fearing support from the Soviet Union and Communist China. -
Suez Crisis
The Egyptian Government took over the Suez Canal from the British and French company that used to run it. This had a big impact on how the United States interacted with Middle Eastern nations and its European friends. -
Vietnam War
China turned communist and the communist party gained control of North Vietnam. The United States were concern about the potential spread of communism to South Vietnam and other regions in Asia. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
The East German government, with support from the Soviet Union, started constructing a wall that separated East Berlin (which was under Soviet control) from West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962, the Soviet Union started to secretly place missiles in Cuba with the intention of attacking cities in the United States. This tense situation, famously known as the Cuban missile crisis, nearly pushed the two superpowers into a full-blown war. Fortunately, they were able to reach an agreement and the missiles were eventually withdrawn. -
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union took charge of the Warsaw Pact forces and invaded Czechoslovakia in order to suppress the reformist movements happening in Prague. -
Soviet-Afghan War
The conflict started when the Soviets, led by Leonid Brezhnev, initiated an attack on Afghanistan in order to assist the pro-Soviet government that had been established during Operation Storm-333. -
Chernobyl Disaster
On April 26, 1986, the RBMK reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine lost control while being tested at low power. This caused an explosion and fire that destroyed the reactor building and let out a huge amount of radiation into the air. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East and West Berliners came together in celebration. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification.