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Soviet Union Alliance with United States
After Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, the USSR joined forces with the US. Their alliance led to the fall of Germany and the end of World War II. -
Yalta Conference
Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union, represented by British prime minister Winston Churchill, President FDR, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta conference to agree on a military plan to end World War II. They also agreed on the joint occupation of Germany. -
Soviet-controlled in Eastern Europe
After the Allies defeated Germany, in order to balance wealth distribution and balance U.S. influence, and prevent another uprising, Stalin occupied his territory by his Red-Army and established Soviet-controlled governments in Eastern European countries including Poland. -
Potsdam Conference
At the conference in Potsdam, the Soviet Union, the U.S., and Germany divided Germany into the regions or zones based on each nation's troops that remained at the end of Warld War II. -
Soviets prevent elections in Poland
The Soviets prevented free elections in Poland and banned democratic parties. This angered the U.S., and created fear of Soviet control and the spread of communism, disturbing the theory of world peace. -
Atomic Bomb
The U.S. tested the world's first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In August the Us dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Horishiman and Nagasaki. The U.S. also believed their nuclear bombs would keep the Soviet Union in check. -
Churchill Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill visited the US to deliver his Iron Curtain speech in his visit to American in Missouri. This speech angered the Soviet Union leader, Joseph Stalin. -
Truman Speech
President Truman made a speech known as the Truman Doctrine on national telvision to provide aid to Greece and Turkey using the domino theory. He asked and provided 400 million dollars in economic and military aid. -
Marshall Plan
The United Nations introdeuced the Marshall Plan to provide aid to the economic recovery of Europe. -
Greece and Turkey VS Comunism
Great Britain had been supporting the Greek government withe economic and military funding but ran dry because its economy became hurt because of the war and could no longer provide aid and and asks the US for help. Truman then accepted the proposal. -
NSC 68
President Harry S. Truman's National Security Council drafted the NSC 68. The NSC 68 was a top secret document that set up the blueprints of the U.S.This increased military spending to $50 billion in two years. -
Soviet Blockade of Berlin
In rsponse to the new currency in Germany, the Soviet Union instituded a formal blockade on Berlin, closing roads, rails, and water routes o and from the city. They found that this loophole came to be because the West Berlin territory was surrounded by Soviet-controlled territory. -
New Currency in Germany
The Allies introduce a new currency in West Berlin. France, the U.S., and the Great Britain plans for new currency in Germany resulted in the Soviets withdrawl from the Allied Control Council. -
US aid in West Berlin
The US began airlifting suplies to Berlin in attempt to aid West Berlin without armed conflict with the Soviet Union. They supplied fuel, food, medicine, etc. This lasted about 327 days. -
NATO
Because of the Berlin Blockade, Western european fear of Soviet aggression increased. This resulted in the alliance of the Western European nations with the US, Canada, France, and Great Britain to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Greece , Turkey, and West Germany joined later. -
Nuclear Weapons End
The American monopoly which is total control by one group on nuclear weapons ends. In response to the U.S.'s atomic the bomb, the Soviet Union created their own nuclear weapon for national security. -
Communist Revolution in China
Mao Zedong successfully led the Communist Revolution in China and allied itself with the Soviet Union. They both signed an economic aid and mutual defense agreement. -
Reopen Routes in Berlin
After about a year of blockade, Stalin reopened all routes into Berlin, realizing the airlift prevented any change. But Berlin still remained a divided city. -
Korean War
The northeast Asian country of Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into two countries; North Korea supported by the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the US and UN. -
North Korea invades South Korea
The communist North Korea invades South Korea. North Korea was supported with arms by the Soviet Union. The UN condemed the invansion and authorized sending troops to the region. -
H-Bomb
the US successfully tests the developed nuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. The hydrogen bomb was response to after the Soviets created their atomic bomb. This nuclear bomb was even more powerful and can destroy an entire continent. -
Soviet Union Response to H-Bomb
When the U.S. created the Hydrogen Bomb, the Soviet Union followed the suit with their nuclear weapon of their own. This started and became the race with the US. to build enough nuclear weapons to counter the other ones. -
Korean War Ends
To prevent another World War, Truman fired General McArthur and the Korean War ends. -
Warsaw Pact
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union form a military alliance called the Warsaw Treaty Organization, with Eastern European nations such as Poland, East Germany, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, and Romania. -
Hungarians demand Freedom
Hungarian citizens began rioting for more freedom from their Comunist goverment. They begged help from the U.S., but the U.S.'s new president Dwight D. Eisenhower denied any consideration of sending troops, worried of starting a World War III. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin, still divide, the Sviet Union built a wall called "the Berlin Wall" between the East and West Berlin to prevent people from escaping to the west. -
Soviet Union stopped uprising in Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union stopped a similar uprising of the Hungarian citizens in Czechoslovakia. They remained firmly under Soviet control. However the citizens stilled lived in rebellion and disagreement wanting change.
