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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. -
Truman Doctorine
The Truman Doctorin happened in 1947. This was because it was a policy to stop Soviet during the Cold War. Harry S. Truman was the only person involved being that it was his documentation. Where this happened, United States President Harry S. Truman pledged to contain communism in Europe. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of ‘restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.’ The Soviet Union, however, viewed the Marshall Plan as an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of other states and refused to participate. -
Berlin Airlift
This event took place 24 June 1948. The Western Allies had been involved. An international crisis arose from the Soviet Union in attempt to force Western allied powers out of Europe. The Soviets set up a blockade of communications, railroad and water between East and West Berlin.For 11 months Britain and U.S sent supplies to West Berlin, making tension remained high but war never broke out. The Soviet Union uplifted the boundary on May 12, 1949. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Rosenburg Trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). The Rosenbergs, and co-defendant, Morton Sobell, were defended by the father and son team of Emanuel and Alexander Bloch. The prosecution includes the infamous Roy Cohn, best known for -
Sputnik
On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. Sputnik launch was a single event, and marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. This happened in space, to orbit the earth. The Soviet Sputnik program consisted of four satellites, three of which reached Earth orbit -
U2 Spyplane Incident
The 1960 U2 Incident happened during the cold war on May 1, 1960 during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The pemeriship of Nikkta Khrushchev. when the United States U2 Spyplane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs
the plan was to destroy Castro’s tiny air force, making it impossible for his military to resist the invaders. On April 15, 1961, a group of Cuban exiles took off from Nicaragua in a squadron.Before long, Castro’s troops had pinned the invaders on the beach, and the exiles surrendered after less than a day of fighting; 114 were killed and over 1,100 were taken prisoner. -
Cold War
This was a war between the U.S in the soviet. This was over weapons, tensions were high but war never broke out. This took place mainly in Europe and North America.
