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Adolf Hitler invades the Soviet Union
In 1941, up to this time, the Soviet Union and the United States have been enemies due to their different ideas (ideas and beliefs about political and economic systems). The Soviets wanted Communism and Socialism while the United States wanted Capitalism and Democracy. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was in the Soviet Union, British prime minister Winston Churchill, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet premier Josef Stalin agreed on a military plan to end the war and a subsequent joint occupation of Germany -
Allies defeat Germany
The United States objected the Soviet Unions ideas, that did little to prevent them from spreading it.. It became increasingly clear the postwar Europe would be divided into two different parts which was East and West Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
The Soviet Union and the United States agreed to recognize each others influences on the world. They wanted to do this so that they respect their troops at the end of the war. -
End of WWII
At the end of WWII, Germany was placed under military rule and was divided. The Soviets were placed in the east, the Americans took the south, and Britain took the northwest. France also controlled some of the American and British parts. -
First Atomic Bomb Tested
The U.S was the first country to test the atomic bomb, or the A-Bomb, It was first tested in Alamorgordo, New Mexico. In August of the same year, the U.S dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Churchill visits U.S
Winston Churchill visits U.S in the spring of 1946. He delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech. His speech talked about what the Soviets wanted and how the Iron Curtain is dealing with it. -
President Truman's Speech
In March 12, 1947, President Truman gave a speech on national TV that was about the obligation of the U.S to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation (enslavement) by armed minorities (Communists) or by outside pressures" -
Marshall Plan
In 1947, The Marshall Plan was introduced and the idea behind it was to provide $17 billion in aid for the economic building and recovery of Europe. -
Greece and Turkey were fighting off Communist rebellions
In 1947 Greece and Turkey were fighting off the Communist rebellions. Great Britain supported Turkey in fighting the communist rebellions. Soon, British funding ran out and the went to the U.S for help. -
NSC 68
President Harry S. Truman's National Security Council made the NSC 68, a secret document that would be the blueprint for the U.S throughout the Cold War. -
New Plans announced from countries
France, Great Britain, and the United States annoucned their plans for introducing new currency in Germany. The Soviets left the Allied Control Council because they did not have been directly consulted about the plan beforehand. -
Soviets Protesting against new currency
When the Soviets found out about the new currency in Germany they immediately protested by instituting a fomral blockade of Berlin. They closed all roads, rails, and water routes to and from the city. -
U.S began airlifting supplies
The U.S began airlifting supplies to Berlin to try aid West Berlin without trying to start a conflict with the Soviet Union. -
NATO was formed
The U.S joined western nations such as Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This alliance was formed to stop the Soviets from spreading Communism. -
American Monopoly on Nuclear Weapons ended
The American Monopoly on Nuclear Weapons ended when the Soviets finally understood and mastered their own nuclear technology and developed their own nuclear device -
Communist Revolution in China
Mao Zedong successfully ked the Communist Revolution in China. Mao's communist government allied and joined together with the Soviets. -
Stalin reopened Berlin
Stalin reopened Berlin in May 12, 1949. Although it was reopened it was still a divided city. -
The Korean War
The Korean War increased the awareness of communism growing in Asia for the U.S. After WWII, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into two countries: South and North Korea. It was divided by the Soviet Union -
North Korea invades South Korea
The United States quickly stopped the invasion and authorized sending troops to the region under the control of U.S general Douglas MacArthur -
U.S test the hydrogen bomb
In 1952, the U.S tested a nuclear weapon even more powerful than the atomic bomb. The Soviets also followed up and started racing for nuclear technology against the U.S. -
Race for nuclear technology
After the U.S developed the hydrogen bomb, the Soviets wanted to research in nuclear technology also. Both sides now competed for building enough nuclesr weapon to defeat the other in the event of a war. -
The Korean War ended
General MacArthur called for an all out war against China, but Truman disagreed and wanted limited war, because he feared the Soviets would also get involved. The Korean War ended in July 1953. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviets also made an alliance as a respond to the formation of NATO. In 1955 the Soviets formed a military alliance with Eastern European nations, which were: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. -
Hungarian citizens demanded freedom from Communist governments
In 1956, Hungarian citizens started rioting and demanding freedom from communist governments, The citizens threatened to return to a parliamentary democracy if they didnt get what they wanted. -
Berlin Wall
In 1961, The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall, between East and West Berlin to prevent people from escaping from the West. -
Soviet Union stopped an uprising in Czechoslovakia
The Hungarian citizens tried to demand freedom but they were brutally stopped and they went back to a Communist government. Something similar happened to Czechoslovakia in 1968.
