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Russian Revolution
When the prior Russian government was overthrown twice in short succession leading to a Marxist Dictatorship. -
Potsdam Conference
The post-war conference to negotiate terms for Germany -
Atomic bombs
The atomic bombing of Japanese Nagasaki and Hiroshima. -
Iron Curtain
A metaphorical and later physical barrier between capitalism and communism that arose after WWII -
Truman Doctine
The Truman Doctrine stated that any nation that needed finical assistance to nation under the threat of the communism. -
Molotov Plan
USSR plan to rebuild countries with views aligned to them. -
Marshal Plan
Economic aid to any country that needs it to prevent the spread of Communism. -
Berlin Blockade
USSR's blockade of all of Germany due to issues with anti-communist values. -
NATO
The Formation Of NATO, an alliance of non-communist nations. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The testing of USSR's first atomic bomb. -
Hollywood Ten
A group of anti McCarthyism and anti HUAC celebrities protest against recent events -
Alger Hiss Case
When Alger Hiss was discovered to be an communist agent of espionage within America -
Korean War
When UN an the US aided south Korea due to North Korea's invasion. -
Rosenberg Trial
When a family (Rosenberg) were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage. -
Battle Of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of French versus the Viet Mihn that divided Vietnam and started the Vietnam war. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Televised event of McCarthy's attacks on the US Army -
Geneva Conference
A meeting to settle the conflict in Indo-China -
Warsaw Pact
Communist alliance formed in response to NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian rebels rebel against communism and are violently thwarted by Russian forces. -
U2 Incident
American Spy Plane "U2" is shot down over Russia and pilot is captured. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed CIA sponsored invasion of Cuba to cause regime change -
Berlin Wall
Wall constructed after WWII to separate democratic and communist Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia creates Missile sites in Cuba and tensions rise to an all time high in the cold war -
Assassination of Diem
CIA backed Coup Detat against the president of South Vietnam -
Assassination of JFK
US President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, a Communist sympathizer. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Resolution passed by congress, after having a ship sunk in the Tokin gulf, giving Johnson the authority to take any measures he feels necessary in Indo-China specifically in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Mass and continual bombing raids of North Vietnam targets -
Assassination of MLK
The cold blooded murder of Martin Luther King Jr -
TET Offensive
A Series of surprise attacks from the Vietcong that started on the Vietnamese new year -
Assassination of RFK
The assassination of Robert F. Kenedy -
Inavsion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia -
Riots of Democratic convention
Violent Riots and protesting occur at the Democratic convention, said to throw the election. -
Election Of Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon comes into office -
Kent State
Brutal shooting of students who were protesting the Vietnam War -
Nixon visits China
President Nixon visits communist nation China, first steps to cooperation between capitalism and communism. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
America calls for Ceasefire in Vietnam, part of Nixon's Vietnamization. -
Fall of Saigon
The Vietcong capture Saigon -
Reagan elected
Reagan comes into Office -
SDI announced
SDI better known as Star Wars was a proposed anti-nuke defense system that ultimately drove USSR bankrupt. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev meet at the Conference Summit and begin negotiations that would ultimately end the cold war. -
Tear down this wall’ speech
Reagan stand in front of the Berlin wall and gives a international speech calling Gorbachev to remove the Berlin wall and to end the cold war. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The barrier of Berlin Wall is removed, the iron curtain is "lifted".
