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Yalta conference
was a very important meeting during world war 2 that took place feb 4th 1945 with leaders from the united states , the united kingdom and the soviet union-roosvelt , churchill and stalin . -
postdam conference
took place near berlin in july - august 1945 with truman , churchil and latter attlee and stalin -
second red scare
started in the late 1940s to the late 1950s in the united states was all about the fear of communism spreading -
Truman Doctrine
was a policy introduced by president harry s Truman in 1947 it aimed to contain the spread of communism and provide support to countries threatened by communist expansion -
Barlin Blockade
Germany was divided into four zones controlled by the united states soviet union , great Britain and France in an attempt to gain control; over all of berlin -
creation of Nato
created in 1949 its a miltary alliance formed in response to the treat of soviet expansion in Europe after world war 2 -
Korean war
a war that started in 1950 when north korea backed by the soviet union and china invaded south korea .The united states and other united nations member's came to south Korea aid -
space race
was a competition between the united states and the soviet union during the cold war to achieve milestones in space exploration -
vietnom war
was a conflict that took place from 1955 to 1975 and it began as a struggle between communist north Vietnam supported by the soviet union and china and south Vietnam supported by the united states and other anti communist allies -
suez crisis
was a major international conflict that occurred in 1956 . it involved Egypt Israel France and the united kingdom . and the crisis began when Egyptian president gamma; Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez canal which had been controlled by British and French -
1960 u2 incident
it involved the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane by the soviet union on may 1, 1960 . the u-2 plane was piloted by francs Gary powers who was captured by the soviet union -
Bay of pigs invasion
was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by CIA sponsored paramilitary's group of Cuban exiles in April 1961 the exiles invaded Cuba with the goal of overthrowing Fidel castors communist government -
Cuban missile crisis
it was a tense standoff between the united states and the soviet union in October 1962 it all started when the us discovered that the soviet union was secretly placing nuclear missiles in Cuba just 90 miles off the coast -
Soviet-Afghan war
was a conflict that took place from 1979 to 1989 it began when the soviet union invaded Afghanistan to support the communist government that was facing opposition from various rebel groups known as the mujahedeen -
Chernobyl disaster
was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on April 26 , 1986 in the soviet union (now Ukraine )it happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant when a reactor exploded during a safety test