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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference occurs to decide the post-war status of Europe. The leaders agreed to require Germany’s unconditional surrender. they also requried Germany to set up in the conquered nation four zones of occupation. -
the first atomic bomb
US President Truman gives permission for the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bombings killed at least 80,000 people. -
Chinese Civil War
Chinese Civil War resumed between Communist and Nationalist forces. By the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the balance of power in China's civil war had shifted in favour of the Communists. -
The Communist Party takes control in Czechoslovakia
Soviet operatives executed a coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. The loss of the last democracy in Eastern Europe came was a shock to millions. -
The NATO is formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in order to resist Communist expansion. The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 was crucial for NATO as it raised the threat of all Communist countries working together. -
Pyongyang falls to the UN
Pyongyang was again severely damaged in the Korean War, during which it was briefly occupied by South Korean forces. -
US vs North Vietnam
US military buildup to defend South Vietnam, and begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam. North Vietnam has also committed its forces in the war. -
The Yom Kippur War
Israel is attacked by Egypt and Syria hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war. it resulted in a ceasefire. -
The Malta Summit
At the end of the Malta Summit, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declare that a long-lasting era of peace has begun. Many observers regard this summit as the official beginning of the end of the Cold War. -
The End of the Cold War
Gorbachev announcing his agenda of economic reform called perestroika, Reagan agreeing to renew talks on economic issues and the scaling-back of the arms race, and weakening of the Soviet Unoin brought an end to the Cold War.
