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Russian Revolution
A political and social revolution in the Russian Empire, it started the avoidance of monarchy and ended with the setting up of the Soviet Union -
Potsdam Conference
President Truman, and British prime minister Churchill were on one side of the divide determined to secure political freedom and democratic governments throughout post war Europe, but their partner Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union had other plans, we wanted to dominate all of Europe and impose communism. This conference was the first and last meeting between President Truman and Stalin, it set the tone for the early Cold War -
Atomic Bomb-Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The atomic bomb was destined to with war with Japan, it also provided leverage in dealing with people like Stalin. President Truman had given his final go ahead to drop the bomb on Japan "Release when ready" he stated. The city of Hiroshima was completely destroyed. -
Long Telegram
An 8 thousand word dispatch from Washington now known as the "Long Telegram" written by George F. Kennan on February 22 1946 stating how the Soviet Union saw the world. -
Iron Curtain
A barrier from Eastern to Central Europe created by the Soviet Union -
Molotov Plan
A system created by the soviet union to provide aid to rebuild countries in eastern Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
It represented a dramatic change in U.S foreign policy. President Truman stated that it must be the United Stated policy to support free people -
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program; ERP, was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, America gave 12 million dollars to Western Europe for economic assistance after WW2 -
Berlin Blockade
Joseph Stalin ordered all land access into the city of west Berlin to be sealed off which was the beginning of the Berlin Blockade.Stalin was determined to force the western allies out of west Berlin. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift could be called the first battle of the Cold War. It was when western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to the city of Berlin through the air because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949 -
First Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or "First Lightning" (codenamed "Joe-1" by the United States), at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, on 1 October 1949. The revolution began in 1946 after the Second Sino-Japanese War and was the second part of the Chinese Civil War -
Hollywood 10
In U.S. history, 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations, and, after spending time in prison for contempt of Congress, were mostly blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in 1948, but statutes of limitations had expired for espionage. He was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950 -
Rosenberg Trial
Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were American civilians executed for being accused as spies for the Soviet Union they thought to be sharing information of the US atomic secrets -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
It was the Communist counteraction to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). The Warsaw Pact came to be seen as quite a potential militaristic threat, as a sign of Communist dominance, and a definite opponent to American capitalism. The signing of the pact became a symbol of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. -
U2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, was hit by an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk. -
Bay of Pigs incident
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt by US-sponsored Cuban exiles to reverse Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, beginning with a military invasion of northern Cuba. A Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored rebel group, Brigade 2506, attempted an invasion on 17 April 1961 that lasted just three days. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Assassination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by the initials JFK and Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary. -
Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Reagan elected
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election.Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated Democrat Jimmy Carter. -
SDI announcement
Reagan announced SDI in a nationally televised speech, stating "I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete." -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race. -
'Tear down this wall' speech
"Tear down this wall", also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, is a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin. -
Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall, on 9 November 1989, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterwards. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterwards.
