The Cold War (1945-1991)

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

WWII The meeting of the heads of the government between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Which they talked about the decisions being made about the war and the post war also the organization of the Europe after the war
reference (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference)

Postdam Conference

Jul 16, 1945

A meeting President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe. They also discussed a declaration of "unconditional surrender" from Japan.

Iron Curtian Speech

Mar 5, 1946

Churchill delivers a speech "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” He also declared that “nothing which they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness.

Nuclear Deterrent

May 20, 1946

United States had nuclear superiority to deter the soviets agression the soviet built up a convincing nuclear arsenal that would end up in the U.S
reference (http://atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page15.shtml)

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

This was an American program to aid Europe in which to help them with economic support
reference (http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/p/prmarshallplan.htm)

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Apr 4, 1949

When further Communist expansion assisted the U.S and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
reference (http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganizationNATO.asp)

Chinese Communist Revolution

Oct 1, 1949

Also known as "War of Liberation"
whis also ended the civil war between the chinese and Nationalist party.
reference (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/chinese-rev)

The Korean War

Sep 16, 1950

This war started when 75,000 army crossed over to the Soviet Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the South. This was an invasion and it was military's first action of the Cold War.
reference (http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war)

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

The Warsaw Pact (Warsaw Treaty Organization) was a political and military alliance a "treaty of friendship" This was created by Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
reference (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed)

Hungarian Revolution

Oct 23, 1956

This was a National revolt against the government
reference (http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB76/)

Bay of pigs evasion

Apr 17, 1961

Was a failed military invasion of Cuba in which the invaders were outnumbered by Castro's troops.
reference (http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion)

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 9, 1962

Where there was confrontation between the U.S and the soviet Union on the installation the nuclear armed soviet missiles that are located in Cuba. which resulted in removing the missiles in the exchange for the U.S not to invade Cuba.
reference (http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis)

U.S Sends troops to vietnam war

Mar 8, 1965

At the time president Lyndon B Johnson wanted to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. with the authority of congress.
reference (http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/qt/vietnamtroops.htm)

Neil Armstrong *first man on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

First man to set foot on the moon
reference (http://www.space.com/15519-neil-armstrong-man-moon.html)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

The wall was built to restrict large amount of migration from the West to East Germany. When it was finally taken down when a new relationship was built
reference (http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/fall-of-berlinwall.htm)