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Iron Curtains descended across Europe
Winston Churchill delivered his speech on the “Iron Curtain that descended across Europe” referring to the Soviet Union’s effort to block itself and its satellite state from the West. In which the term is used as a barrier between Western and Eastern Europe after World War II. Western Europe was influenced by capitalism, led by the United States and Eastern Europe was influenced by The Soviet Union, communism. -
The Berlin Airlift
After World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones the U.S. England, France, and Soviet military forces. Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union in the East while the U.S., England, France controlled the West. That later escalated into the Soviet forces, starting a blockade and cutting off all rail, road, and water, and trapping those in there. The U.S. and England successfully responded by supplying food and other necessities by air in West Berlin. -
Creation of East and West Germany
As the conflict rose with the Western powers and The Soviets, Germany was then divided into two. The zones controlled by the Western powers, U.S, U.K and France formed together to create the (FRG) Federal Republic of Germany, and West Germany became a democratic country. East Germany was controlled by the Soviets and became known as the (GRD) German Democratic Republic under the control of the communist government. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was between North and South Korea, when North Korea invaded South Korea. North Korea’s motive was to take over South Korea under North Korea’s communist regime. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, under communist influence whereas South Korea was supported by the United States and The United Nations (UN) -
Joseph Stalin Dies
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The French Lose The Battle of Dien Bien Phu and decide to pull out o Indochina
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Nikita Khruschev becomes Soviet Premier
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Soviets crush a revolt in Hungary while the west does nothing.
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Sputnik I launched
The Soviet Union launched its first artificial satellite called Sputnik I. It was successfully launched, however it came as a shock and raised concern to The United States and they hoped to have the advantage of the start of space technology as well as it showed the soviet’s capabilities in space technology. As a result, the Sputnik was the start of the space race. -
American U-2 Spy plane shot down by the Soviet
The U-2 spy plane was a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft that was designed to gather information and surveillance from above. However, it did not end well after the Soviet Union found out about the United States U-2 spy plane, flown by Francis Gary Power and began to shoot it. The Soviets saw the act as an “aggressive act” by the United States. As a result, the tension between the two had further intensified. -
Construction begins on the Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was constructed as a concrete barrier that surrounded West Berlin as part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FDG) to provide a division between East Berlin, The German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was put up by the GDR government, the main intention was to prevent the East Germans from going to the West, from building a communist state. -
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a risky, confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union as it was the closest they could have been to create a nuclear war. The U.S had found out about the Soviets putting nuclear missiles in Cuba. In response, President John. F Kennedy decided to place naval blockade around Cuba, to prevent the soviet’s from bringing more military supplies and removed the missiles immediately. -
United states and north vietnam agree to cease fire
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident
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President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the first 60,000 ground troops to Vietnam
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Tet Offensive occurs
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Detente begins
The Detente refers to a period of relaxation to ease the tension between The United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war. This was decided by President Richard Nixon, to not be-friend the Soviets but this was an effort to avoid another escalated conflict between them. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States (
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Vietnam War
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Soviet-Afghan war
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Lech walesa establishes the solidarity movement in poland
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the leader of the soviet union
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Fall in Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall marks the final end of the division between East and West Germany. Political changes had been made, many protests against the communist regime adding pressure on the East German government to free its rules and travel to West Germany. At the press conference, it was later announced by Günter Schabowski that East Germans could travel to the West. Overjoyed people gathered by the crowd and people crossed over unrestricted. -
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declare their independence and east and west germany reunite under chancellor helmut kohl
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Soviet republics of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbajian, Uzbeksistan, Tajikistan, Turkmensistan, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan declare independence and Gorbachev resigns and Boris Yeltsin becomes first president of Russia.
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Czechoslovakia becomes the Czech Republic and Slovakia
