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Trouble at Potsdam
On the final day of the Potsdam's conference in 1945, U.S president Harry S Truman was worried the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was stubborn and difficult to deal with the plans with postwar eastern europe. -
The conflict worsens
In January 1946, Stalin stated publicly that he believed war between the east and west was possibly going to happen in the future. -
The west resists
The democratic nations of the west soon faced a test of their resolve to contain the communist east. In early 1947 soviet communists were threanting the governments of Greece and Turkey -
Crisis in Berlin
In June 1948, the soviets blocked off all rail, hand and after routes into West Berlin. Berlin 2 million residents weren't able to import food, coal, or any other virtual supplies. -
Berlin airlift
They created the berlin airlift to be able to be able to supply berlin by air. the berlin airlift was a success, the soviets called off the blockade of berlin in May 1949 -
War in Korea
In June 1950 the North Koreans attacked Southern Korea. Their goal was to unite the country under a communist government. -
The war shifted
During 1951, the war settled onto a stalemate. the battle lines lay just about where they had been before. -
Before North Koreas initial invasion
In 1953, both sides agreed to an armistice. after 3 years of fighting and 4million casualties, the korean war was over. -
Soviet Union launches Sputnik
In october 1957, the arms race took another leap forward with the soviet Unions successful launch of Sputnik. Sputnik was history's first artificial satellite. -
War in Southeast Asia
At the end of world war 11, france sought to reestablish its former colonial control over southeast asia. although the military grew, the vietnam war dragged on until the mid 1970s.
