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Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference The Yalta Conference took place February fourth through the eleventh in Russia at a resort in the town of Crimea. At this meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin gathered to talk about an important decision about the future progress was and the postwar. During this conference the Allied leaders talked about the future of Germany, -
Postdam Conference
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The Big Three, the leaders from the US, Soviet Union, and Britain where they gathered at the Conference in Postdam, Germany. The Conference was from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The major issue discussed there was the question of how to handle Germany. Negations to demilitarize & disarm Germany under four zones that Allies would occuy was achieved. -
North Vietnam
linkThe same exact day, just a few hours later Japan surrendered in WW2, Ho Chi Minh declared independence from France. Minh launched an attack against the French in Hanoi on December 19, 1945, beginning of the First Indochina War. The French suffered a major defeat at Dien Bien Phu prompting peace negotiations and the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel at a conference in Geneva in 1954. Minh organized a communist guerrilla movement in the South, called the Viet Cong in the late 1950's. -
Berlin Declaration
linkThe first time Soviet Union their colleagues, the supreme commanders of the Western powers met was on June 5, 1945. While in Berlin the four commanders signed three documents. These documents referred to future deals with vanishing and occupying Germany. The three document signed dealt with; the Berlin Declaration, Allied Control Council,& the occupation in the four zones. -
Iron Curtain Speech
linkChurchill's speech was known as one of the most orations during the Cold War and considered one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War. He, although was defeated for a re-election as prime minister in 1945, was invited to give a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill began his speech by praising the United States, which he declared stood “at the pinnacle of world power.” -
First Indochina War
linkThe First Indochina War was firstly a stalemate between the French and the Viet Minh from 1946 – 1950. However, towards the end in 1954, the Viet Minh gained significant advances in driving out the French. Even though the French had superior weapon technology and financial aid from the United States, they were greatly outnumbered by the Viet Minh in manpower, also unfamiliarity with fighting in a jungle environment against a guerrilla soldier waiting in the tall grass is what hurt the French. -
Marshall Plan
linkOne of the major needs for The Marshall Planbecause Europe was devastated by years of conflict during World War II. U. S. President Harry Truman appointed George Marshall, the architect of victory during WWII, to be Secretary of State during January 1947. George Marshall shared with the world in a speech on June 5, 1947 at Harvard with the Marshall Plan. The first intentions of the Plan was to rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe. -
Containment Policy
linkThe Foreign Service Officer that formulated the policy of “containment,” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union was George F. Kennan. His first ideas came to public attention in 1947 in the form of an anonymous contribution to the journal Foreign Affairs, the so-called “X-Article.” However, from the beginning Kennan's ideas were always controversal. -
Berlin Airlift
linkThe airlift was just supposed to be a short-term measure, however it went on for over a year. On average an Allied supply plane that would either take off or land every 30 seconds in West Berlin, during the Berlin Aircraft. In the beginning of the airlift the planes delievered about 5,000 tons of supplies to Western Europe. By the end the supply almost doubled, 8,000 tons of supplies were delievered per day. -
NATO
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The NATO, also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations. The purpose for this was to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. It was known as the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into that was outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
Berlin Blockade
linkThe Blockade was the first major clash of the Cold war that would also foreshadow future conflicts over the city of Berlin. This event was an attempt to limit the ability of France in 1948 by the Soviet Union. Also to limit the ability of Great Britain & the US to travl to their sectors of Berlin. -
Soviet Union tests a-bomb
linkOn August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tests and explodes its first atomic bomb. This suprised the United States greatly because they did not expect the Soviet Union to know or have and knowledge about nuclear weapon knowledge that soon. This caused the Americans to worry and question their safety. President Truman called for the United States to build up its conventional and nuclear weapons to put a stop to the spread of Soviet influence around the globe. -
people's republic of china founded
linkThe People's Republic of China was formally established, with its national capital at Beijing on October 1, 1949. The people were were put into four social classes: the workers, the peasants, the petite bourgeoisie, and the national-capitalists. For the first time in a long time Chinese government was met with peace, instead of massive military opposition, within its territory -
Korean War - American involvement
linkOn South Korea's behalf, in July American troops entered the war. American officials believed that it was a war against the forces of international communism its self. The Korean War ended in July of 1953. Over 5 million soliders and civillians lost their lives during the war -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
linkJulius and Ethel were a married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were both put to death in the electric chair. Their death marked the dramatic finale of the most controversial espionage case of the Cold War. Julius was first arrested in July of 1950 and Ethel in August of the same year, for the exact same reason. -
Eisenhower Presidency
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He was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas.t Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. He promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War tensions. In 1945 he was appointed U.S. Army chief of staff. He became the first Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO in 1951. -
Nikita Khrushchev
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He was born on April 17, 1894 in Kalinovka, Russia, Nikita Khrushchev. He became Premier of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, publicized Stalin's crimes, was a major player in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and established a more open form of Communism in the USSR. -
Warsaw Pact
linkThe Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites signed a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact. This was a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states.The Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw. This pact included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members.The Warsaw Pact was going good until 1991. -
Suez Crisis
linkEgyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company. He also annouced the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the Suez Canal since its construction in 1869, On July 26, 1956. The Egyptian leader resented what he saw as European efforts to perpetuate their colonial domination. -
Sputnik
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Sputnik was known as the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft was named after the Russian word for “satellite” . Sputnik had a 22 inches diameter, weighed 184 pounds, and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. As expeted, In January 1958, Sputnik’s orbit deteriorated and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere. -
Cuban Revolution
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U2 Incident
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In May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, known as the USSR, shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis Gary PowersThe U-2 spy plane incident raised tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets during the Cold War. This large political clash between the two superpowers and their allies had emerged following World War II. -
Kennedy Presidency
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Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Before becoming the 35th president in 1961, he served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Kennedy faced numerous during his presidency such as crises in Cuba and Berlin,the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. Sadly, he was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. -
Vietnam war - American Involvement
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South Vietnam signed a military and economic aid treaty with the United States in the year of 1961. This lead to the arrival of U.S. support troops and the formation of the U.S. Military Assistance Command in 1962. The United States began air raids on North Vietnam and on Communist-controlled areas in the South in early 1965. There were 190,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam the following year. -
Bay of Pigs
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In April 1961, the CIA finally launched what its leaders believed would be the definitive strike. This was a full scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had fled their homes when Castro took over. However, the invasion did not as it was planned. Less than 24 hours of fighting, they surrendered because they were badly outnumbered by Castro’s troops. -
Berlin Wall
linkOn August 13, 1961was the first day that the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build the Berlin Wall. It was a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” that sepersted Western & Easter Germany.The Berlin Wall was up until November 9, 1989, where immediately ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some people came up to the wall themselves & began to chip away at the wall. -
JFK assassination
linkShortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He died as he was riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. The car with the president and the first lady turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m as Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. At 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
linkU.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese which President Lyndon Johnson announced on August 4, 1964. The following quote, “Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further aggression" was what the Tonkin Gulf Resolution stated. -
SALT 1
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SALT I, the first series that stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. This is where the United States and the Soviet Union talked about the first agreements that would place limits and restraints on some of their central and most important armaments.Both nations took the first steps to check the rivalry in their most powerful land- and submarine-based offensive nuclear weapons. -
Nixon Presidency
linkRichard Nixon was the 37th U.S. president, who is best remembered and known for as the only president ever to resign from office. Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. Halfway through his second term, rather than facing impeachment stepped down from office in 1974. Nixon did this over his efforts to cover up illegal activities by members of his administration in the Watergate scandal. -
Apollo 11
linkThe first objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal that was set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961. The whole point of the Apollo 11 was to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Finally Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. That would go into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Chinese Government’s violent suppression of demonstrations in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. In 1979, together the United States and the People’s Republic with the Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, inaugurated a decade of vibrant cultural exchange and expanding economic ties between the two countries. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The Wall was first built in 1961. Lots of people in the Communist countries rised up against the Communist system however had failed. At Bornholmer Strasse, thousands of East Berliners went to the border crossings. These people demanded to open the border and at 10.30 pm the border was opened there. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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December of 1991, was the day the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. The United States rejoiced as its formidable enemy was brought to its knees, thereby ending the Cold War. This event had hovered over these two superpowers since the end of World War II.
