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Yalta conference
Was the second conference between the big three nations great Britain, the Soviet Union,and the United States. It became controversial because of the start of the Cold War. -
Marshal plan
It was a plan to give Europe economic support to help rebuild there economics. Also to stop the spread of soviet communism after the World War II -
NATO ratified
The United States and 11 other nations formed NATO. It was aimed to protect Western Europe from soviet aggression. -
Soviets first atomic bomb
the Soviet Union successfuly detonated an atomic bomb. The advantage the United States had over the Soviet Union no longer existed. -
Cuban missile crisis
The Soviet Union was placing missles in Cuba to prevent future invasions. This was the point in the Cold war when it all most became a Nuclear war. -
Nuclear testing banned
The Treaty was signed by the United States,United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. It banned all Nuclear testing except the testing done underground. -
Apollo 11
After the Soviet Union successfully sent a man into space, the United States rushed the development of technology. The Apollo mission was a great successes and won the United States the space race. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin wall represented the fall of Communism. Once the Berlin wall fail it started a revolution throughout the communist countries. -
Germany reunited
After the Berlin Wall fail east and west Germany reunited. For many people this marked the end of the Cold War -
End of Warsaw pact
The alliance between the Soviets and Eastern Europe ended.This was a sign that the Soviet Union was losing power.
