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The Cold War

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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
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    The Yalta Conference was held just before World War II ended. It was a meeting between the leaders of United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. The main purpose of this conference was to talk about how to officially end the war and what to do with Germany. Germany and the city of Berlin ended up being separated and the Berlin Wall was built.

  • President Truman States the Truman Doctrine

    President Truman States the Truman Doctrine
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    President Harry Truman presented the Truman Doctrine asking Congress for $400 million to assist Turkey and Greece in their military and economically. Initially, Great Britain was the financial support that both Greece and Turkey needed in order to survive. When Great Britain took away that support, the United States then became responsible for the aid of Turkey and Greece. The Truman Doctrine was an attempt to gather money to support Turkey and Greece.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    websiteThe Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. However the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing 13,000 tons of daily necessities. Ending in the split of Germany.

  • Formation of the NATO

    Formation of the NATO
    websiteThe berlin blockade had increased the fears that Stalin was planning an attack on Western Europe. To gaurd against this, in 1949 the united states had persuaded most of west european nations to join them in a military alliance called the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The idea was that if any member of the NATO pact was attacked all other members would help that nation fight back.

  • KGB is established

    KGB is established
    The KGB is part of the secret police force. It started as Cheka in 1917 but slowly evolved into the KGB as the organization got new leaders. All of KGB’s predecessors used terror as the means to control public dissent while using idealism to recruit agents in foreign countries. The KGB came to an end at the end of the Cold War in 1991.
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  • Formation of the War Saw Pact

    Formation of the War Saw Pact
    websiteSix years after the formation of the NATO, the Russians organised the commusnist nations of Europe into a similar military alliace called the War Saw Pact. They did this in 1955, after west Germany had became a part of NATO. This had increased the tension between the USSR and the U.S because if they had attacked Western Europe that would mean the Americans would be at war.

  • Poznan Uprising

    Poznan Uprising
    websiteThe Poznan protests or the Poznan uprisings were some of the first major protests by the Polish people. They protested against the communist government demanding better work environment and conditions. 100,000 people gathered in the center of the city next to the UB secret police building. The people stood up against 400 tanks and 10,000 soldiers and eventually were shot at leaving between 50 people to over a hundred people dead.

  • Sputnik is launched into orbit

    Sputnik is launched into orbit
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    Sputnik was a satellite, launched by the U.S.S.R, that took around 98 minutes to orbit Earth’s path. It was very important to the Cold War because it was the first satelite ever launched into space adn it started the "space race" between the U.S and the U.S.S.R. This launch scared the people because they thought that since Russia could launch satelites, that they could launch missiles that carried nuclear weapons.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    websiteThe Cuban Missile Crisis is the closest the world has come to nuclear war. In 1962 the Soviets were far behind the US in the arms race so Nikita Khrushchev thought he could put intermediate-range missiles in Cuba. Fidel Castro approved of this idea so the Soviets moved quickly and secretly to build the missiles in Cuba aimed at the US.
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  • Apollo 11 lands on the Moon

    Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
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    After Sputnik was launched into orbit, President Kennedy knew that the competition was on. Instead of just launching a satellite into orbit, he wanted to put the first man on the moon and also be able to bring him back to Earth safely. Neil Armstrong was the astronaut that was the first man on the moon with his famous saying, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

  • Decline of the Soviet Empire

    Decline of the Soviet Empire
    The fall of communism was not just one event, but a chain of events across the continent. The Berlin Wall was taken down and the East Germans were allowed to travel to the free west. Many communist controlled nations gained their own independence like Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania. http://youtu.be/hc2XGHA7NK4 http://sfr-21.org/collapse.html

  • Fall of the Soviet Union, end of Cold War

    Fall of the Soviet Union, end of Cold War
    In December of 1991 the Soviet Union split into fifteen separate countries. The United States rejoiced as its enemy was brought to its knees, ending the Cold War. The collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over communism.
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