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Yalta Conference
Franklin Roosevelt (USA), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (USSR) agreed to meet to discuss war strategy and issues that would affect the postwar world. Roosevelt wanted Soviet military support against Japan following the defeat of Germany and Soviet participation in the United Nations, Churchill wanted free elections for Soviet-liberated countries in Eastern Europe. Stalin sought to build a Soviet sphere of infuence in Eastern Europe to protect against future threats. -
Nuclear Arms Race
The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. During the Cold War, in addition to the American and Soviet nuclear stockpiles, other countries developed nuclear weapons, though none engaged in warhead production on nearly the same scale as the two superpowers. -
Potsdam Conference
On 16 July 1945, the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin.Truman,Stalin, Churchill, and Atlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe. Also there were discussions about future war actions against Japan. It ended on August 2nd, 1945 -
Truman Doctrine
It offered support to all countries that declined communism, attempting to contain it, and untimately end it. The Truman Doctrine also consisted of Marshall Aid, which was money that was offered to all European countries for rebuilding. The Soviets declined the "capitalist" money! -
Marshall Plan
Secretary of state Geogre C. Marshall plan for the U.S to offer econmic aid to all European nations to help recover from the destruction of WWII. -
Russian blockade of Berlin
one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. he Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets control over the entire city. -
Berlin Airlift
Cargo planes delivered all food, fuel, and other essential goods to the people living in West Berlin during an eleven-month period of the 'Cold War' during 1948-1949. The Soviet communist forces closed all surface access (rail, road and river) and tried to isolate the American, British and French sectors of the city in an attempt to make it impossible for the Western governments to administer their portion of the city after Germany. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Berlin_Airli -
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953[6][a]) was a war between the Republic of Korea (supported by the United Nations) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (supported by the People's Republic of China, with military and material aid from the Soviet Union). The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Rosenberg Spy Case
In 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Julius Rosenberg an electrical engineer who had worked for the U.S. army signal corps, and his wife Ethel they were indicted for conspiracy to transmit classified military information to the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a military conflict fought primarily in Southern Vietnam in the years between 1959 and 1975. The Vietnam War was the source of many conflicting political and social opinions, especially in the years leading up to its conclusion. Militarily speaking, the Vietnam War was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow the South Vietnamese government. United States gets involved and ends up losing -
Hungarian Uprising
a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary. The revolt spread quickly across Hungary, and the government fell. Thousands organized into militias. By January 1957, the new Soviet-installed government had suppressed all public opposition. -
U-2 Crisis
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was the invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces trained in the United States. The purpose of the invasion was to overthrow Castro. It was a total failure because it was meant to be a surprise attack but somehow (I'm not quite certain how) Cuba was aware of this and Cuban forces were there waiting when the US forces landed. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The barrier was built slightly inside East Berlin or East German territory to ensure that it did not encroach on West Berlin at any point. Later, it was built up into the Wall proper, the first concrete elements and large blocks being put in place on August 17th. During the construction of the Wall, National People's Army (NVA) and Combat Groups of the Working Class (KdA) soldiers stood in front of it with orders to shoot anyone who attempted to defect. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was avoided. -
Prague Spring
Prague Spring was an event which occurred in 1968, when the politics of Czechoslovakia were briefly liberalized due to sweeping reforms. In response, the Soviet Union cracked down hard on the government of Czechoslovakia, ultimately invading and taking over the country in the name of “normalization.” This event is of historical interest because it marks a period of protest and dissent against the Soviet Union -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was the series of surprise attacks on major cities, towns, and military bases all throughout South Vietnam. These were launched by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops. -
Detente
Detente means the relaxing of tense relations between countries. The term was used during the 1960s and 1970s to describe efforts to decrease tensions between the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; also called the Soviet Union) and the United States. -
Fall of South Vietnam
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam into a communist state. -
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was the foreign policy in the United States, enacted by Ronald Reagan during his presidency, to help eliminate the communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that were supported by the Soviet Union. Implementation of this plan provided both open and private support to guerrilla and resistance movements in Soviet-supported communist countries. -
Perestroika
Perestroika means economic restructuring.Gorbachev aims to reduce central govt's power over the economy.He wanted to change SU's command economy into market economy,and allowed the individuals to make their own decisions on the market.He also aimed to reduce spending on military wise and spent on other aspects such as basic necessities. -
Collapse of Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. There had been signs that the Communist bloc was weakening. After the Berlin Wall came down, East and West Germany reunified into a single German state on October 3, 1990. -
end of USSR
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a process of systematic disintegration, which occurred in economy, social structure and political structure. It resulted in the abolition of the Soviet Federal Government ("the Union center") and independence of the USSR's republics on 26 December 1991. The process was caused by weakening of the Soviet government, which led to disintegration and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991. The process was characterized by many of the republic
