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Yalta Conference
Also known as the Crimea conference held February 4-11 in 1945 as the world war 2 meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the UK, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
Creations of The United Nations
Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially began, on 24 October 1945. -
Second Red Scare
Occurred right after World War two and it was brought on by the growing power of communist countries. -
Truman Doctrine
The principle that the U.S should give support to countries of people threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the cold war. -
Creation of NATO
It began with the signing of the North Atlantic treaty aka the Washington treaty. -
Korean War
The war was fought between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. North Korea invaded south Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in south Korea. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959 -
Space Race
Space Race was a 20th century competition between two cold war rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight. -
Vietnam War
It was a conflict between Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November to the fall of Saigon. It was the second of the Indochina wars and was officially fought between North and south Vietnam. -
Suez Crisis
Also known as the second Arab-Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world. -
1960 Crisis Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air defense forces while conducting photographic and reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
East German police and military units sealed off all arteries leading to West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
It was a catastrophic political event crisis with several republics already departing the union and the waning of centralized power and the leaders decided there was no more soviet union.
