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Formation of the united nations
representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations endorsing the Atlantic Charter, pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace. -
division of Germany and Berlin
After Germanys defeat in WW2, the country was divided into 4 parts, under the control of the United States, Britain, France and the former Soviet Union. This was decided at the Potsdam conference, there was an agreement that the treatment of the Germans should be equal, and that the economic revival of Germany would be at the forefront. Although, The Powers failed to adhere to what they had decided in the conference and began to pursue their own interest in their occupation zones. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was held in Russia, during World War two. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Potsdam Conference
In Potsdam Germany, from July 7th to August 2nd 1945, the big three- Stalin, Churchill, and Truman continued to discuss what they had discussed at Yalta. This included discussing what would come from the end of WW2. They wished to determine the post-war borders in Europe, although there was difficulty in reaching this goal. -
end of WW2
Germany surrendered unconditionally on the 7th of may 1945. On the 6th of August an atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima Japan, three days later another was dropped on Nagasaki. No country was willing to go against such acts, and so the Japanese surrendered on the 14th of August 1945. The biggest conflict in history had lasted almost six years. -
Truman doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, created by President Truman enforced that the US provide military, political and economic assistance to nations being threatened by the Soviet Union or other communist states. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
1948
In 1948 The U.S and its allies decided to supply its sectors of Berlin when Soviet Russia attempted to blockade all railways, canals and highways with the aim of preventing food and supplies from the British, French and American occupied zones in Berlin with the goal of driving these powers out of the city. The Berlin airlift was a success and responsible for carrying more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin over a year long period. -
Marshall Aid
1948
The marshall aid was aid provided by The United States with the aim of helping Western Europe re-build their economy after WWII, giving them over 12 billion dollars in financial aid between the years on 1948-1951. -
Formation of NATO
The prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO. Russia and its other communist Nations founded a rival alliance through the Warsaw pact of 1955. -
Korean War
Was started when 75000 North Korean soldiers crossed the boarder into the Soviet-backed South Korea. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. it was seen by the Americans as a fight against communist itself, and so became an international war against communism and capitalism. -
USSR tests first H bomb
The first Soviet test of a nuclear bomb, following the United States test in November 1952. It was aimed to confront the US. -
formation of the Warsaw pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
The formation of the Warsaw pact
1955
On the 14th of May 1955 a treaty was signed between the Soviet Union and seven of its satellites. The treaty established mutual defence pact, putting the soviets in charge of the armed forces of Albania, Romania, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. The treaty was signed in Warsaw and is therefore known as the Warsaw pact. -
Hungarian uprising
Also known as the Hungarian Revolution, was a nationwide revolution against Soviet policies in Hungary. It was the first serious threat to Soviet control. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite ever launched into space, launched by the Soviet Union which triggered the 'Space Race' between the US and Soviet Union, a confrontation in the Cold War. -
Prague spring
The Prague Spring was the liberalisation of Czechoslovakia between the 5th of January and August 21st 1968, when the Soviet Union invaded to intervene with reforms -
U2 incident
The U-2 Incident was the shooting down of a US spy plane containing CIA Pilot Francis Gary Powers on orders to take photographs of restricted areas of Russia including military bases. -
Berlin wall built
East Germany became a communist country under the control of the Soviet Union, and West Germany became a democratic country, due to the fact that they allied with Britain, France, and the United States. The communist government to separate the East and West built the wall. It was built in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin. At first the wall was just a barbed wire fence. Later it would be rebuilt with concrete blocks 12 feet high and four feet wide. -
The beginning of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict that pitted from the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war began after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued along side the intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Cuban missile crisis
1962
As a result of the discovery by the U.S of Nuclear-armed Soviet Missiles on Cuba, A 13 day military standoff put the world at risk of an outbreak on nuclear war. The crises was resolved when the U.S created a naval blockade around Cuba and Soviet leader Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles off the cuban shores if America agreed not to invade Cuba. -
salt 1
SALT 1 was the first of 2 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the leader of the US and of the USSR. These talks aimed to negotiate a treaty that would head the arms race -
the soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan consisted of Soviet troops intervening in the war between the communist Afghan government, and anti-communist Muslim fighters. The Soviets aimed to support the new communist regime. -
End of cold war
The Cold War ended with the decay of all Soviet Republics, as they became independent states from the Soviet Union. This occurred after Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, as all members of the Soviet Union left Gorbachev was left with nothing to lead, and the US with noone to fight. -
Communist governments fall in eastern Europe
In 1989 following the fall of the Berlin Wall, many revolutions occurred in communist states of Eastern Europe that sought to end communist rule. These revolutions continued until 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.