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Timeline for events
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The Yalta Conference in February 1945 Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and FDR agreed to demand Germany's surrender and began planning for after the war
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on March 12th 1947 President Truman made a speech promising to help any country facing Communism
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On June 24 1948 Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin so the United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in Western Germany
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on June 24th 1948 the Soviet Union stopped all transportation by road and rail into the areas into Berlin controlled by the U.S., Britain, and france
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on April 4th 1949 Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States formed NATO
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on June 25th 1950 the Korean War started
american troops entered the war by July and sided with South Korea -
Joseph Stalin died of a heart attack/stroke on March 5th 1953
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In May 1960 the USSR shot down an American U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot
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Leaders of the U.S. and Soviet Union had a 13-day stand off because of the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles 90 miles from the U.S. on Cuba
