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Yalta Conference
Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German Capital City falls as World War II ends. Soviet Union, United States, Great Britan and France divide Berlin and Germany in foure zone during the Yalta conference -
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The Cold War
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Iron Curtain Speech
British Prime Minister Winston churchill's "Iron Curtain" speecj mark the beginning of the Col War -
Soviet Union Blocks West
The Berlin Airlift supplies West Berlin with baisc necessitle after the Soviet Union block of the city in order to force the west to give up. -
300,000 East Germans Fled
More than 300,000 east German flee to West Berlin and then to West Germany -
Cuba become Communist
Cuba becomes communist under Fideal Castro. -
Berlin Wall
Soviet lead East Germany dividing Berlin with the Berlin Wall -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The CUban Missile Crisis creates a threat to the United States between the Soviet Union when Soviet missile were discovered in Cuba -
Six Day War
The sSoviets blan US of encouraging an Israeli attack and sezure of the Six Day War. -
Richard Nixon and China
Richard Nixon becomes the first US learder to visit communist China, leading into a thawing of the cold war. -
CIA helps stop Chilies Socialist
The Central Intelligence Agency helps overthrow Chilie's socialist government under Salvador Allende -
Soviet invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, begining of a decoade long war. -
Mikhail Become Soviet Leader
Mikhail Gorbacher become soviet leader, he begins to ease away old communist polices. -
INF Treaty
US president Regan and Soviet leader, Gorbacher sign INF teaty, to remove medium and short range nuclear missiles. -
Berlin Wall is Knocked Over
The Berlin wall is knock over. Thus combining east and west Germany. -
The Cold War Ends
The Strag, Arms Reduction Tslk (START) is signed by president Bush and Soviet leader Mikhasil Gorbachev. THis was to call for disarmamnet of both US and Soviet nuclear weapon. The cold war ends.
