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Yalta Conference
A meeting of heads of government from the U.K., U.S., S.U. that discussed Germany's post war reorganization. The conference was held in Yalta, Crimea. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill managed to agree to split Germany into four zones of occupation, and to allow free elections in Eastern European countries. This would affect the cold war by giving the Soviet Union control over eastern europe. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference held in Potsdam, Germany between U.K., U.S. and the Soviet Union. Stalin, Churchill, and Truman gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on May 8. The goals of the conference also included the establishment of postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war. The conference failed to settle most of the important issues at hand and thus helped set the stage for the Cold War. -
Hiroshima Bombing
The world’s first atomic bomb was deployed over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. This was the first Nuclear attack of all time. The power and consequence was devastating shocking the world and instilling fear into other countries. -
Nagasaki Bombing
This was the second atomic bomb dropped in Japan, killing an estimated 40,000 people. The power and consequence was devastating shocking the world and instilling fear into other countries. -
Molotov Plan
This plan was a system created in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. Soviet Union's refusal to accept aid from the Marshall Plan, or allow any of their outside country to do so because of their belief that the Marshall Plan was an attempt to weaken Soviet interest around Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman made a policy called The Truman Doctrine, it pledged to support other countries in their struggle to resist communism. The key of the Truman Doctrine was the policy of containment. Containment was the policy of restricting communist expansion. Specifically the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military and to prevent them from falling into the Soviet control. -
Brussels Treaty
The treaty involved 5 European nations. Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom were involved because the treaty provided for the organization of military, economic, social and cultural cooperation. It would bring greater collective security for the nations involved from the growing Soviet Union. -
Marshall Plan
It was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe after WW ll. More than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. Although the U.S. gave so much money for the betterment of Europe the main underlying goal was to halt the spread communism on the European continent. This plan made continued tenseness between U.S. and S.U. -
Berlin Blockade
An attempt by the Soviet Union to force western allies out of Berlin.Soviet occupation forces in eastern Germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between Berlin and the West. This was one of the first major crisis of the cold war. -
NATO
Further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The agreement created two sides in the cold war NATO and the Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact. -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear Weapons
The program was initiated by reports collected by Soviet intelligence about the rapidly growing Manhattan Project (Atomic Bomb) in the U.S. Two weeks after the destruction of Hiroshima a special committee was established on Stalin's orders to coordinate all the work on the atom bomb project. The Soviets saw how powerful nuclear weapons were and what fear was brought out by them, what fear they could impose on western countries. -
Korean War
75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the boundary between the Soviet backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. The war lasted 3 years. -
Stalins Death
He died of a massive heart attack on March 5, 1953. He is remembered to this day as the man who helped save his nation from Nazi domination—and as the mass murderer of the century, having overseen the deaths of between 8 million and 20 million of his own people. The Soviet Union was allowed to now turn over a new page and start over. Stalin could not tell anyone no anymore. Soviets were free of dictatorship and the world was free of the soviets constant threat. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European allies sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member countries. The soviets saw NATO as a threat and believed they needed to become stronger with tensions rising in the cold war. -
Vietnam War
The main sides were the anti-communist forces Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States of America against the pro communist forces of the People's Army of Vietnam, also known as the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Kong. By the time the U.S. had full intervention, the Soviets and Chinese were also fully supporting the communist efforts with supplies, weapons, and military leaders and advisers. This war was a example of what the cold war was communism vs capitalism. -
Hungarian Revolution
The revolt spread quickly across Hungary, and the government collapsed. Imre Nagy became premier, agreeing to establish a multiparty system. The Soviet Union invaded Hungary to stop the revolution, and Nagy was executed for treason in 1958. The Soviets did want anti communist control within hungry and killed hundreds to prove it. -
NORAD
The Cold War between the Soviet Union and western nations was underway, and both Canada and the US feared long-range Soviet attack so they created air defense forces under a joint command of U.S. and Canadian governments at Colorado Springs, Colorado. This would ensure continental protection from potential attack from S. U. -
Fidel Castro Taking Over
Fidel Castro was a communist dictator. Under his administration, Cuba became a communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses, including oil refineries, factories and casinos. This prompted the United States to end diplomatic relations and impose a trade embargo that still stands today. Castro heated up the cold war with constant threatening and disrespect to the U.S. -
Bay Of Pigs
Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista, the nation’s American-backed president. Almost as soon as he came to power, Castro took steps to reduce American influence on the island. Americans had attempts to move him from power but failed. President Kennedy tried to have CIA eliminate Castro but wanted to have no connection because Cuba and soviet alliance. -
Creation Of Berlin Wall
The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western so called fascists from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West. It symbolised the difference between the western democrats and the eastern communists and the way they thought Germany should be lead. It also symbolised the inner conflict of Germany and the division between ‘free’ or democratic. -
End of Cuban Missle Crisis
Nearly two weeks of anxiety and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union that came close to provoking a nuclear conflict.he Cuban Missile crisis comes to a close as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba’s territorial sovereignty. This allowed nations to relax from high tensions during cold war and not worry about nuclear war. -
Afganistan/Soviet War
The Soviet Afghanistan War was fought between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujahideen and the Soviet supported Afghanistan government. The United States supported the Afghanistan rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government and to prevent the spread of communism. This war is a example of the big supporters of each idea communism and capitalism backing countries to fight. -
Solidarity in Poland
It was a trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party. Its membership peaked at 10 million members. This allowed polland people to be free of the soviet push for communism and be protected while doing so. -
Nuclear Arms Treaties
In 1958, both the U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to informally suspend nuclear testing. However the Soviets continued to test. Finally the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed on December 8, 1987 in Washington, which eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. -
Berlin Wall Falling
Neighboring countries of Germany began to escape from communism making them more attractive to Germans so they began to star to flee to these anti communism countries but those countries did not want them. Protest rose and the government was forced to start allowing people from east to west. there was no more need for the wall. This showed that communism was falling in Europe and the S.U. has lost power. -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Protests to get rid of communist control led the collapse of there government. Democracy was restored and it caused the dismantling of Czechoslovakia into two different states. This also broke up the warsaw pact. -
End Of Cold War
In the mid 1990's Many of the Soviet republics had declared their independence.On December 8, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. The cold war was no longer.