End of the cold war

The Cold War

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  • Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

    Term beginning in 1945, Harry S. Truman was greatly involved in the Cold War against the Soviet Union, he created the Truman Doctrine and Confinement to help stop the spread of communism.
  • Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)

    Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)
    Leader of the Communist Soviet Union from mid-1920s till his death in 1953. He ruled as a total dictator for around 30 years, and he has aspirations to spread and rule communist ideals throughout Europe and eventually the world.
  • Arms Race

    Arms Race
    Race to achieve the greatest weaponry between the US and the Soviet Union.
  • Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
    Served as the British Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Led fight against Nazi Germany in WWII and gave many speeches throughout his terms. He is best known for his "Iron Curtain" speech toward Soviet Union.
  • USA vs. USSR

  • The Yalta Conference

    US, Britain, and Soviet Union meet to divide Germany into Allied occupied zones.
  • Creation of the United Nations

    50 countries including the US and the Soviet Union, joined an international organization based in New York, intended to protect the members against aggression.
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    Churchill's phrase "iron curtain" represents Europe's division between a democratic west and commnist east
  • Truman's Policy of Containment

    Truman's Policy of Containment
    policy directed at blocking/resisting Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism.
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan
    American plan, where US provides aid to European countries to prevent the spread of the Soviet Union.
  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift
    Due to the blockade, people lacked sources and needs, the allies responded by providing supplies and food day and night to feed the cities.
  • NATO

    NATO
    10 western European nations joined with the US and Canada to form a defensive military alliance, called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    US fought on the side of South Vietnam, against North Vietnam (allied with USSR) to help prevent spread of communism to all of Asia.
  • Khan Academy Vietnam War

  • Eisenhower US President

    Dwight D. Eisenhower became the US President. Brinkmanship began and took place during his term.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Soviet Union was threatened by the NATO alliance, so they created their own including Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania.
  • Soviet Union in Space

    Soviet Union in Space
    Soviet Union (Russia) sends the first man-made satellite SPUTNIK into space, causing tensions in the race to space in America. Showing they're better and can beat the US at something.
  • The U-2 Incident

    US U-2 spy plane shot down by the Soviet Union, increasing tensions.
  • Berlin Wall

    Built abruptly and kept Germans living in the East stuck there with no escape. HERE'S A SONG ABOUT COMMUNISM!!!
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dfsMn2xME]
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    So close to nuclear world war, the Soviet Union in Cuba had missiles readily pointed at the US prepared to fire, had JFK not averted the act.
  • US Turns to Detente

    Replacing brinkmanship under Richard M. Nixon's term, the policy lessened cold war tensions.