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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, held February 4,1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone leading Allies to plan the postwar peace. -
Creation of the United Nations
Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially began, on October 24 1945, when it came into existence after its Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the War Germany, and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Creation of NATO
The foundations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were officially laid down on April 4,1949 with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
Space Race
Space exploration served as another dramatic arena for Cold War competition. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 was the last major European politico-military incident of the Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force, known as Brigade 2506, landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
For thirteen days in October the world waited seemingly on the brink of nuclear war and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to spread across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union which resulted in the end of the country's and its federal government's existence as a sovereign state
