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This was the conference between the Soviets, US, and Britain in which they decided on how to split the land that was freed from Nazi control.
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This was when President Truman stated that he was pulling the US out of all conflict that did not directly impact the US.
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This is when the United States gave money to Europe nations to make them feel that they have economy stability.
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The USSR did not want the French, American, and British forces to come into occupied East Germany. This raised tensions between the West Germany(U.S., French, Britain) and East Germany(USSR) sides.
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This is when the Berlin Blockade happened in which the Americans had to fly in supplies so the West Berliners would survive.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to protect the European countries from the threat of Communism
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This was a competition for nuclear supremacy between the U.S. and the USSR. This made the war to see who the best was which pushed the nuclear warfare between the two countries at an all time high.
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The war started when North Korea invaded South Korea with aid from China and the USSR. While the South Koreans got help from the United States. Started on 06-02-50
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This is when the USSR leader Stalin dies which makes the new leader of the communist party denounce all of his policies which leads to many Germans wanting to flee East Germany.
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After the death of Stalin the USSR voted on someone named Nikita Khrushchev take power. He is sited or loosening the punishment that Stalin had put in place.
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This war was between communist lead Vietnam and against America. However at home in America the people did not want to fight in the war so many protests happened. The start of the war was on 11-01-55
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This was the race between the US and the USSR who can explore space the first. This mad the tensions between the two countries at the highest because both thought each other would spy on them first.
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This is when a US spy plane was shot down over soviet Controlled air space. This made the tension between the US and USSR really bad because the USSR shot down and American Plane.
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This was a failed invasion of Cuba by the CIA led Cuban citizens. When the US ended trade for sugar the USSR came in and started to buy the product which made the newly led Fidel Castro famous with the people.
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The wall was original built to stop the East Germany people from leaving and going to the West side that is controlled by the Americans. The wall was built in August 13, 1961, and destroyed on November 9, 1989. This marks the beginning of the Wall being built.
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The wall was original built to stop the East Germany people from leaving and going to the West side that is controlled by the Americans. The wall was built in August 13, 1961, and destroyed on November 9, 1989.
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This was when the USSR whet to the Cuban area and started to set up missiles that the US demanded be taken down however they did not use force but instead quarantined the area around Cuba.
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JFK death was a huge blow to the American people as the president was shot and killed. This gave an opportunity to communist to get the upper hand on the vulnerable American people.
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty which was sighed between the US and the USSR.
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Joint space venture between USA and USSR which put an end to the space race between the two super powers.
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This is when the USSR invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan to stop the Civil War and keep a Socialist Government in the area. Decemeber 25 was the start of the war.
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This was the boycott of the US because the Olympics held in Moscow. The tensions where at the highest because of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan.
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The soviet unions boycotted the LA summer Olympics because of the ongoing conflicts between the USSR and US.
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The Chernobyl Disaster stand as one of the worst nuclear accidents in the world. This shows how far the USSR is going to get what they want.
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This treaty put an end to short range and intermediate range missiles between the US and the USSR.
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In china the people revolted against the communist led government however the government retaliated. this shows how the fall of the communist is coming into light around the globe.
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The meeting between Mikhail Gorbachov and George H W Bush was like the Yalta Conference in 1945. It is seen by some as the fall of the communists.
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These where a series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that would later through the communist government on December 29, 1989.
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Gorbachev is sighted for loosening the grip of Soviets in the Russian Government. This signifies how the USSR was unable to continue the superpower nation it thought it would be.
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This is when West and East Germany combined after WWII when Germany was split. This showed the end of communist power in Germany.
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This is when the Soviet Union finally fell and the US won the Cold War.
