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Beginning of the Cold War
On the final day of the potsdam conference tension rose between U.S. president Harry Truman and Joseph stalin the leader of the U.S.S.R. Then the United States and the soviet union entered an era of hostility that became known as the cold war. -
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The soviets cut off all supplies into west Berlin hoping that it would force the west to leave Berlin. As a result western leaders organized the Berlin Airlift. It was a plan to supply west Berlin by air it was a success and the soviets called off the blockade. -
The Arms Race Begins
As Nuclear war seemed more immanent now that the Soviet Union has successfully tested an atomic bomb. The United States and the Soviet Union tried to see who could make more nuclear weapons. This was known as The Arms Race. -
The Korean War
The United States and the Soviets agreed to temporarily divide Korea in half, North Korea and South Korea. North Korea attacked the south to unite the country as a communist country. The UN sent troops to take back South Korea then they take most of North Korea. China comes and takes back North Korea. -
The invention of the Hydrogen bomb
The United states Created the worlds first hydrogen bomb. It used nuclear fusion like the sun. -
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik
sputnik was the first artificial satellite. This worried the Americans because they wanted to have the technological advantage, so the space race began. -
Bay Of Pigs
A failed invasion of The United States. This invasion was supposed to start an uprising in Cuba, but it failed miserably. -
The Berlin wall is built
In order to stop the East Germans from leaving the soviets built a wall known as the Berlin wall. This wall stopped anyone from leaving East Communist Germany. -
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a period of tension between the soviets and the U.S. over the installations of missiles in Cuba that could directly hit many major cities on the U.S. The conflict ended when soviets agreed to remove the missiles. -
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
This led to limitations of nuclear weapons that each side could have. It also led to the Anti Ballistic Missile treaty, which prohibited the development of weapons that can shoot down nuclear warheads. This treaty was signed by president Nixon and soviet general Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow. -
The Berlin Wall goes down and Germany unites
Now that east Germany is no longer communist. East Germany and west Germany unite again as one country. -
The Soviet Union falls apart and the Cold war ends
As many republics of the soviet union secede the Soviet Union begins to fall apart. After The soviet Union breaks up and is no more The worry of nuclear war fades and the cold war ends.
