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Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss how Germany would be handled following World War II. The conference became controversial once details were released because of broken promises Stalin made. References Timeline | National Cold War Exhibition. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline/ Yalta Conference. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Founding of the United Nations
Fifty countries' representatives gathered together in San Francisco and created and signed the United Nations Charter in June 1945. Once the Charter was ratified on October 24, 1945 the United Nations was founded. References History of the United Nations | United Nations. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.un.org/en/sections/history/history-united-nations/ -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman confronted Congress with the reality of the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine which stated the United State's stance on the Cold War and related foreign policy. References American Rhetoric: Harry S. Truman - "The Truman Doctrine" (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.html Truman Doctrine is announced. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-his -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Supplies are airlifted to the Berlin people because they had been cut off from the rest of the world by the Soviet Union and could not get food and supplies. References Berlin blockade and airlift | Europe [1948-1949]. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-blockade-and-airlift Timeline | National Cold War Exhibition. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline/ -
Korean War
The first official military action during the Cold War, between the Republic of Korea to the south and the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north. References Korean War. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war Timeline | National Cold War Exhibition. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline/ -
Vietnam War
The United States backed South Vietnam against North Veitnam, also known as the Viet Cong or Vietnam Communists, who had the backing of the Soviet Union. Reference Vietnam War History. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history -
Space Race
The Soviet Union's launching of Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space hit off the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Each nation raced to be the first to send a man to the moon, with the United States ultimately winning by landing the first man on the moon. Reference The Space Race. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/space-race -
U-2 Spy Aircraft
The United States CIA sent a U-2 aircraft on a spy mission over the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union shot the aircraft down, the U.S. tried to backpedal by saying the aircraft was collecting weather data, but eventually had to come clean that it was in fact on a spy mission. Reference Timeline | National Cold War Exhibition. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline/ -
The Cuban Missile Crises
Americans discover a Soviet nuclear missile site in Cuba and set up a naval blockade around the island. After several tense days an agreement is made to dismantle the site. References Cuban Missile Crisis. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2016, from http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.asp Hawks vs. Doves: The Joint Chiefs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. (2012). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2012/10/18/hawks-vs-doves-the-joint-chiefs-an -
NPT Treaty
The Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty between the United Nations encouraged academic pursuits in the field of nuclear energy but created an agreement to not use nuclear weapons in warfare. Reference Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - Main Page. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/tnpt/tnpt.html -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They took both military and political control. Reference The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. Response, 1978–1980 - 1977–1980 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/soviet-invasion-afghanistan -
1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott
United States President, Jimmy Carter, called for a boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow because they did not pull out of Afghanistan by President Carter's deadline. The United States, along with Canada, West Germany, and Japan boycotted the Summer Olympics. In turn, the Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles. Reference Carter announces Olympic boycott. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-announces-olympic-boycot -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Elected the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev began improving Soviet relations with western countries, like the United States, which lead to the end of the Cold War. Reference (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-sergeyevich-gorbachev-9315721#general-secretary -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union had attempted to cut off West Germany from the United States and its allies with little success due to air support to West Germany. After may years of the wall separating West Germany the wall finally came down close to the end of the Cold War. References Berlin Wall. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/ Dodds, L. (n.d.). Berlin Wall: How the Wall came down, as it happened 25 years ago. Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.telegraph -
Russion Flag
The Russian flag replaces the red flag at the Kremlin when Gorbachev left the presidency of the Soviet Union. Reference Timeline | National Cold War Exhibition. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline/ What do the colors on the Russian flag represent? (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.ask.com/geography/colors-russian-flag-represent-3a3dc2b41c1ba371
