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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam conference was held at Cecilienhof from July 17 to August 2 1945. Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and harry Truman gathered to decide the punishment for the Nazis. Other goals were to establish post war order and peace treaties. -
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
The Soviet Union declares war on japan and in three months invades Manchuria, this is called Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Later then they invaded southern Sakhalin. -
Formation of the United Nation
The United Nations was established on october 24, 1945. This was made after World War 2 to aviod another war like it. Representatives of 50 countries met at San Francisco to draw up the United Nations Charter. -
The Iron Crutain
The Soviet Union blocked itself from the west with the iron curtain. The iron curtain separated Europe into two areas. The east side of Europe was influenced by the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman doctrine is a speech to congress to help aid Greece and turkey. It was also for helping other countries to support them from the threats of communism and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union took this as a declaration of a cold war. -
Creation of Isreal
On November 29, 1947 the United Nations voted in favor of a partition plan to create the state of Israel. War broke out shortly after it was built between the Arabs and Jews. The 1948 Arab-Israeli war, established the state of Israel as an independent state. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was the United States aid to Europe to help them rebuild economies and prevent communism from spreading after World War 1. This started on April 1948 and lasted four years. The goals were to modernize industries, to rebuild regions that were devastated by war, and make Europe strong again. -
Berlin Air Lift
The Soviet Union blocked the western allies’ road, railway, and canals accesses to enter berlin. Their plan was to gain practical power. The western ally’s air forces carried supplies to the people in West Berlin and was called the Berlin air lift. -
NATO
The north Atlantic treaty was signed on April 4, 1949. One of the reasons why NATO was build for was to respond to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. NATO was more of a political association until the Korean War. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was between South Korea and North Korea form 1950-1953. South Korea was aided by the united nations while North Korea was aided by China, North Korea established a communist government while South Korea established a right-wing government. -
Stalin's death
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union for 29 years. He died of a severe heart attack on March 5, 1953. Stalin is remembered as a man who helped his country from Nazi control and a mass murderer. -
The First Taiwan Strait Crisis
The PRC seized the Yijiangshan islands on May 1, 1954. This was a short armed conflict betwenn the ROC and PRC. The ROC abandoned the island. -
Warsaw pact
The Soviet Union and other communist countries signed a treaty called the warsaw pact. This ment that the Soviets were in comand of the armd forces. The Warwaw pact was called this because it was signed in Warsaw. -
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
This was a nation wide revolt against the government and the Soviet inmposed police. This was the first mjor threat to the USSR. This lasted form October 23 to November 10. -
The Suez Crisis
The Suez crisis started on October 29, 1956 when Israeli army pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal. The French and the British joined the Israelis, nearly brought the Soviet Union into the dispute. In the end the French, British, and Israelis withdrew their armies in 1956 and 1957. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War or also known as the second Indochina war started on December 1956 to April 30, 1973. It also occurred Laos and Cambodia. The United States withdrew on 1973. -
Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2
The Soviet Union made Sputnik 1 and was the first artificial earth satellite and was launched to orbit on October 4, 1957. Sputnik 2 was the second satellite to orbit earth on November 3, 1957. This is what started the space race. -
NASA is formed
NASA was created for the purpose of national defense. The United States launched its first satellite on january 31, 1958. NASA began handle space missions within months -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Bay of Pigs is the location where Cuban exiles tried to invade Cuba but failed on 1961. The Cuban exiles were anti-Castro forces. They were a CIA trianed group. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was constructed in August 13, 1961 that cut off western berlin and surrounded eastern Germany. The wall was built by GDR and was referred to as the anti-fascist protection rampart. The Berlin wall was destroyed on November 9, 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis or also known as the October crisis in 1962 was a conflict between the United States against the Soviet Union and Cuba. This lasted for 13 days and was considered one of the closest to turning into a nuclear conflict in the cold war. -
John F. Kennedy death
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States and was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife. A ten-month investigation concluded that John F. Kennedy was assassinated by lee Harvey Oswald and then he was killed by jack ruby before he could stand trial. -
The USS Pueblo
The USS Pueblo incident was when the pueblo a research ship was captured by North Koreans in January 23, 1968. North Korea announced that the ship was in territorial waters, but the United States claims that they were in international water. Eighty-two crewmembers were held as prisoners for 11 months. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The treaty was for promoting peacful use of nuclear power for cooperations. This is an international treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The treaty recognized five states. -
Nixon visits China
On 1972 president Nixon visited china to help the relations between the both of them. The two countries have been distant for a long time. It was the first time U.S. president to visit the PRC. -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris peace accords was intended to end the Vietnamese war and establish peace. South Vietnam revolutionaries signed the agreement to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam. The Paris Peace Accords let free and democartic general elections. -
South Vietnam falls
The fall of Saigon ment the end of the Vietnam war. This was the start of the reunification of of Vietnam. The fall of the city folowed the evacuation of almost all americans living there. -
Iran hostage crisis
In November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 60 Americans were held hostage by Islamic revolutionary’s for 444 days. This was called the Iran hostage crisis.This was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Iran -
soviet war in afghanistan
The war lasted for 9 years form 1979 to 1989. the war was between the soviet afgan forces against the mujahideen. This led to thousands of people to flee the country. -
U.S. & Soviet boycotts of the Olympics
The 1980 summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was the United States protesting against the Soviet Union invading Afghanistan. In the 1984 summer Olympics the Soviet Union and other communist countries also boycotted. The United States saw this more as a form of revenge. -
Korean Airline Flight 007
On September 1, 1983, flight 007 of the Korean airlines was shot down by a soviet Su-15 interceptor. All of the passengers and crew aboard were killed. The flight was form New York to Seoul. -
Invasion of Grenada
The United States invades Grenada a island above Venezuela. This happaned on October 25, 1983. The US won in a couple of weeks but led to a four year revolution. -
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster happened on April 26, 1986 at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine. A fire and an explosion released large amounts of radioactive particles into the atmosphere. This was known as the worst nuclear power plant disaster. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
On June 3, 1989, Chinese troops marched through Tiananmen square arresting and killing thousands of protestors. Most of the protestors were students who went for democracy. For almost three weeks, the protestors kept marching and chanting. -
The end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union ended in December 26 1991 this meant the end of the cold war. The Soviet flag was replaved with the russian tricolor. This ment the end of hostility between NATO and the Warsaw pact.
