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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and President Franklin. D Roosevelt early in 1945's as WW2 was winding down. -
Arms Race
Over the past century, the arms race metaphor has assumed a prominent place in public discussion of military affairs. -
Truman Doctrine
In February, the British government informed the US that it could no longer furnish the economic and military assistance it had been providing to Greece and turkey since the end of WW2. Truman believed that both nations were threatened by communism and it jumped at the chance to take a tough stance against the soviet union. -
Berlin Blockage
The Berlin Blockage was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, great Britain, and the US to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. -
Korean War
By July, American marine troops had entered the war on Korea behalf. This was the first invasion of the Cold War. Was a war between international communism. -
Joseph Stalin dies
In 1900, Stalin became inactive in revolutionary politic activism. As the war progressed, Stalin sat in on the major allied conferences. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a long armed conflict that pitted the communist. Ended with the withdraw of U.S. forces. -
Space Race
Space exploration served as another dramatic area for Cold War competition between everyone. -
U-2 Incident
A international diplomatic crisis erupted in may 1960 when the Soviet Union shot down an American spy plane. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
In may 1960, Castro established diplomatic relations with the soviet union, and the United States responded by prohibiting the importance of Cuban sugar. -
Cuban Missile crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13 day political and military standoff in October. Everyone was on the erg of it was the start of an Nuclear War. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
As midnight approached, the soviet organized a massive airlift into Kabul. The mujaheddin employed guerrilla tactics against the soviets. -
INF Treaty
Treaty between U.S and the Soviet Union. The treaty eliminated all Nuclear Missiles, as well as their launchers. -
Berlin Wall
Even though Berlin was located entirely within the soviet part of the country, the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into smaller sections. -
U.S.S.R Breakup
Soviet hammer and Sickle flag lowered the last time over the Kremlin. President of the soviet resigned his post and went to far. Left to the newest independent state, Russia . -
German Unification
Whereas Camillo de Cavour directed Italian unification. A junker named Otto Van Bismark pushed German Unification through "Blood and Steel" and skillful understanding of realpolitik.
