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Cold war timeline
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Yalta Conference
The US, Soviet, and Britain met at Yalta to determine the future for postwar Europe. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill tried to redraw the map of Europe. They allowed europian countries to determine their own future by letting them have free elections. -
Potsdam conference
On July 1945, US president Harry Truman and the Soviets Stalin met with Britain Pm Churchill in Potsdam, Germany. They agreed to reconstruct Germany and also warn Japan to surrender or otherwise. Britain and the US were also afraid of the Soviet union's massive influence and growth. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing
Nearing the end of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and 8 with the permission of the United Kingdom. The two bombings killed about 100 to 200k people, most of whom were civilians. This was caused by planning during the Manhattan project. The Allies also issued a warning saying Japan should surrender or else, towards Japan before dropping these bombs. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov plan was created by the Soviet Union in response to the Marshall plan. It was created to provide aid to rebuild countries in Europe that were aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman called upon the US to support free peoples who are resisting communism. The Us played cleaver mind games with the Soviet by creating alliances and giving aid to countries who try to defeat the appeal of communism in their countries. -
Brussels Treaty
This was an agreement signed by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg which created a collective defense alliance between them and also later led to the formation of the NATO and the Western Europian Treaty. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a 13 billion plan to help the recovery of countries whether it was communist or democratic. The Marshall plan imposed free-market policies on Europe for aid. This was against the Soviet's ideologies so they rejected this plan and came up with their own aid package. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was considered one of the biggest crisis during the cold war. During the multi-occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies (U.S) railways, roads, and canal access to the side of Berlin that was controlled by the West. -
NATO
NATO or otherwise known as the North Atlantic Treaty was signed and formed in 1949, and it was a military alliance made to protect member countries against attack from the Soviet Union and its allies. It was a formal alliance between countries in Europe and North American who were against communism. -
Soviet creation of Nuclear Weapons
A German Physicist who helped the U.S create its first atomic bomb passed on the secrets to the Soviet Union which led to the Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear devices. -
Korean War
The Korean war was a war between North Korea and South Korea. This was considered a proxy war between the U.S and the Soviet Union because the north was a pro-communist state and they were being supported by the Soviets while the south was an anti-communist state that was supported by the UN. The result of this was a stalemate or otherwise known as a draw and tensions are still ongoing as of today. -
Stalin's Death
Joseph Stalin who was the 2nd leader of Russia died age 74 of a stroke. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact is known as the treaty of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance. It was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between Soviet Russia and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe on May 1955 -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war considered a resistance war against America, this at the time was also a proxy war between the Soviets and the allies. North Vietnam was supported by China and the Soviet Union while the South was supported by the Allies. This resulted in North Vietnam ( Soviet Union ) winning against the South ( Allies). -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian uprising was a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian people's Republic party and its communist imposed policies. The revolt initially began was a student protest and quickly spread and expanded into thousands which made the government collapse. Which resulted in the USSR deploying the Red Army in Hungry to help end the uprising. -
NORAD
NORAD or otherwise known as the North American Aerospace Defense Command -
Fidel Castro taking over
After Batista's fleed Cuba in 1959, Castro took control of military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The US was against Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA. A counter-revolutionary military group made up of mostly Cuban exiles who had traveled to the United States after Castro's takeover, but also some US military personnel, trained and funded by the CIA fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front and intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. -
Creation of the Berlin wall
The communist government of East Germany started to build a wall between West and East Germany. It was done in an effort to stop the tide of refugees attempting to leave East Germany and enter West Germany -
End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end when the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba's territorial sovereignty. -
Nuclear Arms Treaty
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is signed by 115 nations who agree not to spread the development of Nuclear weapons. -
Afghan-Soviet war
The afghani Soviet war lasted over 9 years and it was known as a guerrilla war and also a proxy war because the Afghanistan government was being supported by the Allies and they were trying to prevent the Soviets influence. Ultimately, the Soviet Union lost the proxy war when they failed to quell the Afghan -
Solidarity in Poland
Solidarity was a Polish labor union under the leadership of Lech Walesa. The communist government of Poland declared martial law after the free trade movement Solidarity wanted more democratic policies. -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
The Czechoslovakia revolution (Velvet Revolution) was a shift from communism to democracy. the revolution was initially a revolt against the communist party that was in control of Czechoslovakia at the time. -
End of the Cold war
The USSR is dismantled and had fallen so this was the end of the cold war -
Berlin Wall falling
East and West Germany are reunited near the end of the Cold war and the Berlin wall is brought down.
