The Cold War 1945-1991

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    Potsdam Conference

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    The Potsdam Conference was a treaty that Soviet Union, British, and The U.S. signed to end WWII
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    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War was over a decade long and caused distribution in South Asia and The United States.
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    This was the first satellite sent into orbit by the Soviet Union. This is what helpes the Americans put a man on the moon
  • 1960 U-2 Incident

    1960 U-2 Incident
    United States U-2 spy plane was shot down from Soviet airspace.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    Physical barier that seperated west berlig from east berlin.
    It was a 13 foot concrete wall.
    More thamn 23,400 crosed over to west from east althoigh hundreds died.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a standoff between John F. Kennedy of the U.S. and Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union to install nuclear missiles on Cuba.
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Fall of communism/ Soviet Union

    Fall of communism/ Soviet Union
    Russia expanded, the soviet union fell after stalings death in 1985