the cold war

By chucho1
  • The Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution
    The war took place on March 8th, 1917 - November 7th, 1917 and was mainly about a social revolution in the Russian empire which was caused because of the fall of the monarchy and the rise of the soviet union also, caused the end of the civil war
  • Army Mcarthy hearings

    Army Mcarthy hearings
    The Amry Mcarthy hearings were Joesph McCarthy accusing people of being communists without evidence and continued to accuse many more. Later on, he tried to investigate the army which leads to people changing their political views on him.
  • Postdam Conference

    Postdam Conference
    The Postdamn conference was a meeting held at cecilienhof and was called for deciding how to administrate Germany after the war
  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    The atomic bomb was dropped on two major cities named Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war against the U.S and Japan During WW2.
  • Long Telegram

    Long Telegram
    The long Telegram was an eight thousand word dispatch that was sent to Washington D.C that basically was a recommendation about containing Russia.
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    The Iron Curtain was a Metaphor used by Churchill that was talking about the barrier the soviet union made with their political views and military.
  • Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10
    The hollywood 10 celeberitys that were charged with contempt and sent to prison for no anwsering questions during the communist condemned.
  • Molotov Plan

    Molotov Plan
    The Molotov Plan was a system made by the Soviets to give aid to countries in eastern Europe and help them rebuild because they were politically and economically aligned to the Soviets.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The Marshall plan was a way to give big aid to help Europe rebuild so they didn't fall under the Soviets
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the soviet union to get the western allies out of Berlin.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    The Berlin Airlift was to resupply and give aid to the people during the berlin blockade.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy that was meant to stop the spreading of communism but later on, it was made to contain threats in Greece and Turkey
  • Nato

    Nato
    The Nato was a union defense against the soviets that involved the U.S, Canada, and 10 European nations.
  • First Soviet Bomb Test

    First Soviet Bomb Test
    The soviet union made their own type of nuke which was successful and years ahead of the prediction experts had.
  • Chinese Communist Revolution

    Chinese Communist Revolution
    The Chinese communist revolution was a civil war against the Chinese national government that was led by Mao Zedong
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    on June 1950 the communist army from North Korea launched an attack on the south. they made south Korea retreat after a couple of days and the U.S.A got involved because they were occupying the south
  • Alger Hiss case

    Alger Hiss case
    The case was about convicting Agler HIss for being a Soviet spy in the congress which he was later found guilty and imprisoned for 5 years
  • Rosenberg Trial

    Rosenberg Trial
    The Rosenbergs were arrested in 1950 for passing bond secrets to the soviets. they tried to deny it but they were convicted and sentenced to death on the chair.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The warsaw pact was an alliance formed by the soviet union as a response to the united states forming nato