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German Unifacation
German reunification occurred because of the Cold War. German reunification is the unification of the two parts of Germany after the second World War. This essentially made Germany stronger. -
Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. The conference convened in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
The Soviet Union viewed the Marshall Plan as an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of other states and refused to participate. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
Korean War
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
Launched from Guatemala, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Stalin died of cerebral hemorrhage died at the age of 73. After Stalin's death, Austria became an independent nation. -
Vietnam War
In Vietnam it is known as Resistance War Against America and/or the American War -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
U-2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the defining symbol of the Cold War. The wall separated East Germany and West Berlin. This essentially was the defining symbol of the Cold War because it showed that people would do anything for what they wanted during that time period. -
Death by the Berlin Wall
At least 171 people died trying to get over the Berlin Wall. People managed to get past the wall by jumping out of windows that were adjacent to the wall, driving at high speeds into the wall, and trying to climb over the barbed wire. -
Arms Race
Arms Race was a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, invasion of Afghanistan in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War. -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. -
INF Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
U.S.S.R. Break Up
The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR.
