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Potsdam Conference
Allied leaders met outside of Berlin. President Harry Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Premier Joseph Stalin gathered to demand the surrender of Japan and set up a framework for postwar Europe. Each leader was trying to get the strongest position and the most influence for his own country, but the countries divided. The Potsdam Conference set up a competition between the United States and Great Britain, and the communist Soviet Union. This grew into the Cold War. -
N.A.T.O.
United States,Canada, and many European countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War
On June 25, the Korean war began, they were fighting to prevent the soviet union from spreading communism to the south of Korea -
Korean War
Chinese troops had entered the war -
Korean War
Chinese and North Korea begin a second attack -
Korean War
Talk of peace had begun -
Korean War
An agreement was signed between the 2 countries, they remained divided and over 2 million lives were lost -
Vietnam War
Conflict led to division of Vietnam and when they wanted to reunite they had different opinions on government. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact was for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.The treaty was signed on May 14, 1955. -
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N.A.T.O.
The alliance built up their military strength they had many nuclear weapons that were good at scaring the Soviet away. -
N.A.T.O.
NATO weakened after France and Britain unsuccessfully attempted to take the Suez Canal back, -
Space Race
Soviet Union launched Sputnik, earth's first artificial satellite. -
Space Race
U.S. launched its first satellite Vanguard, which failed. -
Vietnam War
Communist rebels began to fight Diem's government -
Space Race
Americans successfully sent the Explorer up to space. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles were found in Cuba by american planes. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Americans had confronted Cuba about the missiles that were found -
Cuban Missile Crisis
John Kennedy told the Americans about the missiles in Cuba and set up a blockade. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet union stopped short of the blockade america formed -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The peace, that was offered on the 26th was accepted. -
Vietnam War
Diem was murdered -
Vietnam War
North Vietnam attacked a US warship -
N.A.T.O.
France withdrew from the alliance -
Vietnam War
US had 500,000 troops helping South Vietnam, to reduce the impact of communism in the countries -
Vietnam War
President Johnson(US)ended the bombing of Vietnam -
Vietnam War
US had cut back military going into the war. -
Vietnam War
War ended and Vietnam reconnected under a communist government. -
Space Race
Missiles were built and sent up to space by America and the Soviet Union to stay safe -
Glastnost and Perestroika
All of the change in the Soviet Union started with the new leader Gorbachev -
Glastnost and Perestroika
Over time they became more open to ideas, less communist, and new parliaments were made. Gorbachev had wanted to do multi-candidate elections reduce the communist party and they wanted to become even with the other countries and have more economic control. The word glastnost means openness and perestroika means restructuring. -
N.A.T.O./Warsaw
In July 1990 NATO and Warsaw Pact leaders signed a major arms control treaty and declared that they were no longer adversaries.
