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Iron Curtain
IRon curtain symbolized the conflict and physical boundary dividing europe into 2 seperates ends. This lasted from 1945-1991. The soviet union wanted to block itself from other non soviet controlled areas. -
Formation of the united nations
established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. -
Potsdam Conference
The postdam confernece was held in potsdam in the summer of 1945. This is where Roosevelt, stalin, and churchhill drew up plans for the administartion of germany and polan. This was focused after the world war II ended. -
Truman Doctrine
The truman doctrine is the principle that the us should give support to countries threatened by soviet forces. This was first expressed by President truman. The doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declration of the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the american initiative to aid europe. In which the U.S gave economic support to help rebuild European economies. This was after the end of WWII in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Creation of Israel
The creation of isreal was The day before the expiration of the British Mandate. David Ben-Gurion, the head of the jewish agency declared"the establishment of a jewish state in Eretz -Israel. This was to be known as the State of Israel. -
Formation Of NATO
This was an organization formed in washington D.C. . Comprising 12 nations of the atlantic Pact together with Greece, turkey and the federal republic of Germany. This was for the purpose of collective defense against agression. -
Berlin Air Lift.
Berlin Air Lift was a very helpful military operation. This was a military operation in the late 1940's that brought food and other needed goods into west berlin. This was after the Gov of east germany ,which at the time surrounded West Berlin had cut off its supply routes. -
Korean War
A war fought in the early 1950's between united nations and communist democratic peoples republic of korea. The war began in 1950 when North korea invaded South Korea. -
Stalin dies.
Joseph stalin died at the age of 73. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Through a succession of bulletins the soviet people had been made aware that stalin was gravelt ill. -
Vietnam War 1954-1975
A military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959-1975. It was a determined attempt by communist "gorillas" in the south. Backed by communist north vietnam to overthrow the gov of south Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The warsaw pact was a political and military alliance established on may 14 1955. This was between the soviet union and several eastern european countires. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a major international incident that arose in 1956. This was a plan to nationalize the suez canal which had long been controlled by Great Britain. The decision was made by Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt. -
Sputnik I & Sputnik II
Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial satellite in october 1957 . It remained in orbit until early 1958 ,when it rentered earth's atmosphere and burned up.Sputnik 2 carried a dog, the first living creature to orbit earth . -
NASA Formed
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The location of a failed attempt by Cuban exiles to invade Cuba in 1961. Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959 Fidel Castro got power in an armed revolt that overthrew cuban dictator Fulfencio Batista -
Berlin Wall Constructed
The berlin wall was a fortified concrete and waire barrier. This wall seperated East and west berlin from 1961 to 1968. The wall was built by the goverment of what was then East Germany to keep Berliners from defecting to the west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis was an international crisis in cotober 1962. This was the closest approach to a nuclear war at any time between the US and the soviet Union.Soviet union leader at the time Nikita Khrushchev, thought that kennedy was weak because of his decisions at the bay of Pigs as well was the Berlin wall. He thought Kennedy would back down and eventually allow the missiles. -
Kennedy's Assassination
John F Kennedy was the 35th president of the USA. He was assassinated at 12:30pm in Dealey Plaza dallas. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife in a presidential motorcade. -
USS Pueblo Incident
USS Pueblo is an American Banner-class technical research ship. The ship was boarded and captured by Nortk Korean forces.This incident happened on Jan 23rd 1968 and is known as the Pueblo incident. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. -
UN Resolution 2758
The united nations general assembly resolution 2758 was passed in responde to the United nations general assembly Resolution . It required any change in china's representation in the UN . -
Nixon visits China*
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, which at that time considered the U.S. one of its foes, and the visit ended 25 years of separation between the two sides. -
Paris Peace Accords.
Intended to establish peace in vietnam. Also this was to end the vietnam war. It ended direct u.s military involvement and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and south vietnam. -
The fall of south Vietnam
On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. military unit left Vietnam. By that time the communists and South Vietnamese were already engaged in what journalists labeled the “postwar war.” Both sides alleged, more or less accurately, that the other side was continuously violating the terms of the peace agreements. The United States maintained its program of extensive military aid to Saigon, but the president’s ability to influence events in Vietnam was being sharply curtailed. -
SALT I & II
Two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the US and the soviet union. Salt I led to the anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Also it was lead to and interim Agreement between the 2 countries. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran crisis was a diplomatic crisis that lasted from Nov 4th to Jan 20th 1979. 52 american diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days after a group of Iranian students belonging to the Muslim student follwers took over the Is Embassy in Tehran. Pres. Jimmy carter called the hostages "Victims of terrorism and anarchy". -
Soviet War in Afghanistan*
The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Part of the Cold War, it was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national insurgent groups called the Mujahideen, mostly composed of two alliances, the Peshawar Seven and the Tehran Eight. The Peshawar Seven -
Korean Airline Flight 007
A scheduled Korean Air lines flight from NYC to Seoul. On sept 1st 1983 the airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island.The interceptor's pilot was Major Gennadi Osipovich. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Lawrence McDonald. -
Invasion of Grenada
Operation Urgent Fury was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of about 91,000 located 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela, that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks. Triggered by a bloody military coup which had ousted a four-year revolutionary government, the invasion resulted in a restoration of constitutional government. Media outside the U.S. -
Summer Olympics Boycott
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the US To protest against the Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan. It preceded the 1984 summer olympics boycott Carried out by the soviet union and other communist-Friendly countries. -
Iran-Contra affair
a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of several hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. -
Chernobyl Disaster
This was a catastrophic nuclear accident. At the chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities of the soviet union. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Thw whole incident initiated on jun 3-4. Tiananmen square massacre or the Jun 4th Massacre as troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen square. -
Dissolving Of the soviet union.
Gorbachev resigned and the soviet union republics dossolved. Pres. Bush and his chief foreign policy advisers were more pro-active toward russia. The former Soviet republics after the collapse of the communist monolith than while it was teetering.
