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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was the final wartime meeting of the leaders of the allied "big three" nations and dealt chiefly with the future of Germany and the role of the Soveit Union in the war against Japan -
Beginning of the Cold War
The struggle between Soviet Union and U.S. Germany had been divided into four with Great Britian, US, France and the Soviert Union each governing themselves. By 1949 Stallin had lifted the blockade but Germany remainded divided into separate nations. By 1948 two nations had already clashed over Soviet control over land. The Soviets saw the Marshall plan as a challenge -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift was a massive transfor of essentials flown from Berlin and Germany. The rivialing between Soivets and the Western Power intensified. Joseph Stallin closed water and railway transport reacting to the city. -
Vietnam War
Started becuase of the Indochinas struggle for independence. It spanned more than a decade and cuase massive disruption in Southeast Asia and the United States.In june 1964 Gen. William C. Westmoreland took command of US land forces On January 27th, 1973 the Paris Peace Accord was signed, ending the US involvment in the Vietnam War. -
Cuban Missile crisis
Standoff between Us president John F. Kennedy and Soviet Nikita Kruschev ore soviet to install nuclear missiles on Cuba. It lasted 13 days, Us had missiles at the Soviet Union and vis-versa. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a physical barrier that seperated west Berlin and the rest of East Germany. -
Fall Of Communism/ Soviet Union
11 constituent republics declared creation of common wealth of independent states, the soviet Union was a federation.