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1961
Bay of Pigs
This where the US tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, this embarrassed the US. -
1945
Defeat of Germany and Japan
May 8: VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
August 14 : Japanese surrender End of World War II
Without the defending of Germany and Japan, World War 2 will not be able to end. The war will be keep on going, especially between America and Japan and Germany. -
1946
Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible
Without this speech maybe today there will still be only one republic. It helps with the things in the future, with the government. -
1946
The creation of the "Iron Curtain"
"Iron Curtain" is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II. To the east of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the former Soviet Union. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. -
Vietnam War
The cold war was a fight between the United States and the USSR over the world's resources. South Vietnam was an allie of the US and North Vietnam was an allie of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. -
1957
Space Race
This is where the US and Soviets had an intense rivalry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with Sputnik 1, however when the kept competing it actually brought them together and made the International Space Station. -
1960
U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US). -
1961
Reagan visits the Wall
This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall, this showed continued commitment to the people of West Berlin. -
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the the closest to the US and the Soviets actually fighting. This includes nuclear warfare also. Fighting with Cuba. -
1969
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
This was one of the first steps to slow the arms race. -
1979
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The US and the Soviets each back a different side and this led to the US boycotting the 1980 Olympics. -
1989
Reunited Germany
This where East and west Germany reunited, East Germany was no longer Communist, and this was evidence that the War Saw Pact’s days were numbered. -
1950
Korean War
This is where things really got heated between the Soviets and the US. Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons -
1948
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
This was a turning point in post World War 2 Europe.Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia. Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 month.
