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Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the railways, roads, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Yalta Conference
Also known as the Crimea Conference, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
Potsdam Conference
held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, to allow the three leading Allies (united states, united kingdom, soviet union) to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference -
Creation of the United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy that pledges American support for democracies against authoritarian threats. The doctrine originated with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
creation of nato
The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, more popularly known as the Washington Treaty. The Washington Treaty -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
space race
The Space Race was the Americans and Soviets competition to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space. From beginning to end, the world's attention was captivated by this contest for dominance -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam -
1960 U2 Incident
a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by Cuban exiles, financed and directed by the United States. It was aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro's dirty communist government. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
occurred between June 4 - November 9 1961, and was the last major European politico-military incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Chernobyl Disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. in the Ukrainian USSR -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
as the Cold War began to end across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day he said citizens were free to cross the country's borders.
