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Cold War Timeline

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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Near the end of WW2. USSR and WEstern powers divided Europe into East and West. The Soviets controlled the East.

  • Formation of the United Nations

    An organization created to solve problems peaceful. Which had been very successful.

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    Wilston Churchill declared that a "iron curtain" had descended on Europe. Dividing Europe into two separate areas

  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan
    A program where the United States helped Europe, by rebuilding European economies to prevent the spread of communism. United States gave approximately $130 billion to help build up Europe.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    East Germany cut off West Berlin from the rest of the world. The allies response was airlifting food and supplies to West Berlin.

  • NATO

    NATO
    An alliance formed between 26 nations. It was formed to stop the spread of communism .

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Treaty between lbania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union. Against NATO.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    This was was caused by the attempt to stop the spread of communism. It was the United States and Vietnamese against North Vietnamese.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. U.S threatened to invade Cuba if the bases are not dismantled.

  • Fall Of The Berlin Wall

    Fall Of The Berlin Wall
    Wall was built to keep the West from entering the East. When it came down, it resulted in widespread chaos.
    It was a huge symbol used for the end of the Cold War.