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Yalta Conferennce
World War 2 meeting of the heads of governments. -
Arms Race
Accumulation of weapons between the US and Soviet Union -
Truman Doctrine
established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces -
Berlin Airlift
Solution to the Berlin Blockade -
Marshall Plan
Untied States plan to aid Western Europe and the Untied States gave 13$ billion -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin. -
Space Race
Race between US and Russia to see who would get to space first -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea -
Joseph Stalin death
Governed the Soviet Union from the Mid- 1920s until his death. -
nikita khrushchev comes to power
Another new leader coming to power in the USSR -
KGB established
Main Security agency for the Soviet Union -
Vietnam War
Vietnams resistance against the Untied States -
Suez Crisis
Following military bombardment by Israeli forces, a joint British and French force invaded Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal which had been nationalised by the Egyptian leader Nasser -
Sputnik Launched
Ussr launched Space craft into space -
U-2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace -
A bomb developed
France developed first A- Bomb -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba -
JFK Assassination
JFK was assassinated while visiting Dallas -
Apollo 11 lands on moon
First space ship and first men to step on the moon -
B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
US bombs Vietnam -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Insurgent groups known as the mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan -
mikhail gorbachev comes to power
New leader of the USSR -
INF Treaty
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces, Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Poland
Poland gains independents -
Berlin Wall (Start and Completion)
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. -
USSR Breakup
Soviet Union was dissolved -
Lithuania
Lithuania becomes independent -
German Re-inification
German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany. -
SALT Signed
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.
