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The Yalta Conference
The status of the world is decided after the end of World War II. It is the first time that communists and capitalists face each other. -
The Truman Doctrine
According to this doctrine, the United States will carry out a plan to contain the spread of communism. -
The Marshall Plan
Secretary of State George Marshall plans what will be called the Marshall Plan: a program of economic aid for European countries with the aim of restoring Europe from the damage caused by World War II. -
Kominform is founded
The Cominform, also known as the Information Office of the Communist and Workers' Parties, was an organization founded in 1947 by the Soviet Union to coordinate the policies and activities of communist parties in Europe and other parts of the world. The Cominform was aimed at promoting the unity of the international communist movement and spreading Marxist-Leninist ideology. -
The Berlin Barrier is surpassed
Stalin orders the territorial closure of Berlin, to prevent the arrival of supplies from West Germany. In response, the capitalist bloc countries built an air 'bridge', which flew over this blockade. -
NATO is founded
The United States, accompanied by a dozen other countries, founded NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), in order to resist the communist advance. -
Stalin dies
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The Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution begins, when a group of Cuban insurgents commanded by Fidel Castro failed when trying to assault the Moncada Barracks located in Santiago de Cuba. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a military treaty signed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany. The pact established a defensive military alliance and a system of military cooperation among the member countries, under the leadership of the Soviet Union. -
Yuri Gagarin reaches space for the USSR
The Soviet Union sends the first man into space (Vostok 1) Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space. Gagarin traveled on the Vostok 1 ship, which circled the Earth in a mission that lasted just 108 minutes. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets set up military bases on the island of Cuba, 145 km from the American coast. Kennedy orders a blockade of the Cubans, blocking them and denying passage to the Soviet ships that were transporting materials for the construction of the military bases. At this time, such a great military tension is reached that the planet was on the verge of a nuclear war. Faced with this, the communists finally relent and agree to withdraw the military bases. -
The USA steps on the Moon
Success of the Apollo 11 mission. It was the fifth manned mission of the United States Apollo Program and the first in history to achieve a human being reaching the Moon. -
The Berlin Wall is down
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The USSR has fallen and the Cold War is over
