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Treaty of Versalilles
The Treaty of Versalilles was a treaty that concluded World War I, and put the blame on Germany. It was written by Truman, Churchill and Stalin. Itimpacted the Cold War by making Germany resentful and want revenge aginst us, starting World War II. -
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Potsdam Conference
This was the last of the three big meetings during World War II, Held near Berlin , July 17- Aug. 2, 1945. On July 26, the leaders issued a declaration demanding unconditional surrender from Japan. The leaders agreed on curtain agreements on the German economy, punishmet for was criminals, lamd boundaries and reparations. -
Baruch Plan
This plan was a plan between the U.S, Canada and England to regulate atomic energy. It made the Cold War more peaceful and not have to worry about countries dropping atomic bombs at each other. -
Truman Doctrine*
The Truman Doctrine is a speech that was delivered by president Truman before a session of congress. The cause of this speech was an announcment by the british government. Saying it would no longer provide military and economic assistance to the Greek government. Truman wanted Congress to support the Greek aginst the Communist. -
The Marshall Plan
Marshall plan named after George C. Marshal, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over 13 bilion to finance the economic recovery. This plan successfully sparked the economy. It was the best transfer of resources from one place to another. -
Berlin Airlift*
The Berlin Airlift is know for the United States and it's allie putting their supply and their sectors of the city from the air. This was caused because they belived they would soon get caught off out of the good city meaning running out of food or any other supply. -
Formation of NATO
Many thought World War III might brake through. Beacuse of that fear, Western nations, Canada, and the Unites States all negotiated and created North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO was designed to provide stability and freedom to it's members through security. It was also to provide a strong military force to balance the treat aginst the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from the North Korean crossed boundries between the Soviet-backed Dempcratic People's Republic of Korea to north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This was the first action of the Cold War. American troops entered the war by July. American officails worked sort some armistice with the North Koreans. They feared of a wider war with Russia and China, some waned, World War III. The Korean War came o an end in July 1953. -
Stalin Dies*
During his final years Stalin wanted to changen his image to man of peace. His attention was to rebuild the Soviet Union and invested in many domestic projects, like bridges and canals, most were not completed. Staling suffered a stroke and died four days later. -
Warsaw Pact formed
A military alliance between the Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe under Soviet control. It was also a Solviet reaction to the interegation of West Germany, this created more conflict between the west and the east, affecting the Cold war. -
Suez Crisis
Egyption president nationalized the Canal, the same year Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal. The Israeli's joined with the French and British forces, it nearly involved the Soviet Union. The Israelis attacked first and the British and French troops took control around the area of the Suez Canal.The U.S got in volved and the Britsh and French withdrew by December, Isreal bowed to the U.S pressure in March 1957. -
Spuntnik I and Sputnik II
Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union and the start of the space race. Sputnik I was the first Earths satellite. Sputnik II was the first to carry a living think, a dog named Laika -
NASA is formed
NASA was a sign that the U.S was committed to winning the space race aginst the Soviets. The Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite to orbit around the world in October 1957, December 1957, the U.S tried to launch it's own satellite, it got a few feet off the ground, then blew up. May 1961, president JFK announced, the U.S should set a goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Eight yrs. later Neil Armstrong was the first on the moon. July 20,1969 space race was over. -
They Bay Of Pigs invasion
Fidel Castro was a concer to the U.S policymakers since he took over Cuba.President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave an order to the CIA to train and arm the a force of Cuban exiles to attampt and attack in Cuba. April 17, American armed forces, arrived at the Bay Of Pigs in Cuba. Castro's military began attacking the U.S,they sank their ships. Over 100 attackers were killed and more than 1,100 were capture. The Bay of Pigs was fail to the Unites States. -
Berlin Wall Built
East German authorities began permanently building a wall between East and west Berlin, to close off access. Toward the end of world war II, German divided into four Allied occupation zones. A major sticking point in postwar treaty talks was the future of Germany and Berlin. Tension grew when the U.S, Britain and France all got involed tto unite their occupation zones into a single land blockade. In 1990, East and West Germany were formally reunited. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union engaged in a 13day political and military standoff in October 1962. They were arguing over the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles in Cuba. The missiles on Cuba was just 90Mi from the U.S shores. October 22, 1962 president JFK notified Americans the situation and his decision on how he would handle the situation. Disaster was avoided when the U.S agreed to soviet leader to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange the U.S promised not to invade Cuba. -
Kennedy assassinated*
President JFK was assassinated during his visit to Dallas, Texas. Future generations had many what if questions oncerning the subsequent history of the cold war. -
USS Pueblo Incident
The USS Pueblo an army purpose supply vessel. Was built in 1944, retired in 1954 and brough tback 1966. The Pueblo engaged a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast. The North Korean patrol boats caught them and turned their guns aginst them and demanded their surrender. The Americans tried to escape but the North Koren opened fire. As the Americans were being captured they tried stalling time, destroying classified information. -
Non-Proliferation Agreement
This was an international treaty written to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. It also acomplished stopping the use of nuclesr energy. This made international peace and saftely. -
Salt 1
This was the first round of bilateral talks, which involved the countrie America and the Soviet Union. This had to do with the issue of armanent control. It affcted the Cold War by trying to solve conflict between the U.S and the Soviets. -
Nixon visits China
President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China. After arriving the president announced his breakthrough visit to China, the week that changed the world. Peace negotiations were made. Nixon promised to reduce the U.S military presence on Taiwan. North Vietnam feard of the Chinese-American sellout-trading U.S military reduction in Taiwan for peace in Vietnam. China continued to supply North Vietnam.goo -
Salt II
The secound round of bilateral talks between the Soviets and the U.S. This lead them to write Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), written into two treaties. This also ended the conflict between the two nations. -
Paris Peace Accords Signed
An agreemet was signed in Paris in 1973. The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong and North Vietnam, all signed an agreement ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. South Vietnam refused to sign this agreement, they were given a sepret document to sign but declined that one as well. The agreement included to release all prsioners, both sides agreed to withdrawal all foregin troops. -
Vietnam War*
The Vietnam war was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam. Under a communitst government, the U.S tried to prevent the spread of communism. -
Fall Of Saigon
Southern Vietnam was invaded by Northern Vietnam and being forced to covert to communism. The Cold War was affected by this by making North and South Vietnam a communist country, posing many concerns of spreading. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Many Iranians were fed up with the Shah's government. They made a islamist movement the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, this movement promised greater auonomy for the Iranian people. President Carter agreed to let the exiled leader to enter the U.S for treatmet of an advanced maligant lymphoma. When Shah arrived, a grop of Ayatlloh students smashed the gates and scaled the wall of the American Embassy in Tehran and took 66 hostages. -
USSR invaddes Afghanistan
The Soviet Union sent out thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. It was a watershed event of the Cold War marking the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc. -
Korean Airline Flight 007
KAL Flight 007 was the last leg of a flight form NY to Seoul. As it approached its final destination the plan began to veiw far off its normal course.The plane flew into Russian airspace and crossed over the Kamchatka Peninsula.The Soviet millitary were know to be around that area, they sent two flights to intercept the plane.The fighters quickly caught up to KAL flight.One of the fighters fired a heat seeking missile, hit the flight and it went down to the Sea of Japan.All people on bored died. -
U.S invades Grenada*
President Ronald Reagan, posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by the nation's Marxist regime. The Marines were told to invade and secure their safety. Less than a week, Grenada's government was overthrown. -
U.S and Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
The start of the Soviet Union,all things that were seen as tool of capitalism were renounced,including competitive sports. The Soviet's refused to participate in the international Olympic Games. A few years later the Soviet Union began to take a different stance concerning competitive sports.USSR saw the Olympics as a means to display Soviet Union.The games provided an opportunity to show the dominance of the Soviet Union to the world.Politics play an influential factor when it comes to Olympics -
Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by plant operators. This was a direct comsequence of Cold War isolation and the result lack of any safetly culture. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In May 1989, almost a million Chinese, mostly students, crowded into central beijing to protest for greater democracy and call for the resignations of Chinese communist party. This continued for nearly three weeks. On June 4, 1989, Chinese troopes and security police put a stop to the protest by firing indiscriminately into the crowds of protesters. Many were killed or arested. This was a shocked to both of China's allies. U.S imppose econommic sanctions aginst the People's Republic of China. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The USSR was dissolved by declaration of the Soviet of the Republics on the Supreme soviet of the Soviet Union. The declaration acknowledged the independence of all fifteen republic of the Soviet Union following the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. December 25 Soviet President MIkhail Gorbachev had resigned, and handed over the Soviet nuclear missile launching.
