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german unification
The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France -
vietnam war
Direct U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973 as a result of the Case–Church Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress. The capture of Saigon at the hands of the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war -
Yalta Conference
the three big powers meet up and discuss germany -
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Cold war
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United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000 -
End Of WWII
End of WW ll -Now that Japan finally defeated -
Winston Churchill's"Iron Curtain Speech"
Iron Curtain Speech- Winston Churchill was stating that the Russians have cut off Eastern-Europe from the Western-World and imposed communism on them. -
Truman Doctrine
International relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech -
marshall plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1947 and 1951 -
berlin airlift
first major international crises -
berlin bloackade
one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
arms race
The phrase arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. americans-russians -
space race
race to space between russia and america. russia won -
korean war
the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south -
First nuclear powered submarine
The United States lays the keel for the world's first nuclear-powered submarine -
thermonuclear bomb testing
The United States tests their first thermonuclear bomb -
joseph stalin dies
dies from a massive heart attack -
Korean War Ends
Korean War Ends- This marked the stop of large-scale open warfare between the Allies and the communist side until the Vietnam war. This is where the tension starts to build with both sides waiting for the other to strike. -
KGB Formed
KGB formed- The KGB where an intelligent agent for the USSR from 1954 to the end of the Cold War. The Russians didn't trust everyone in the USSR so the KGB were always making arrests on suspects who they believed to be spy's/traitors. This allowed the Russians to have a better knowledge of what was happening in there empire but a lot of the time, it was corrupt. -
nakita khrushchev comes to power
came to power because of stalins death -
Cuba Taken Over By Fidel Castro
Now that Cuba had been taken over by Fidel Castro, America would not be able to relax knowing that Cuba is situated only 90 miles away. If Castro decides to team up with China or Russia, America would have to be very cautious knowing that missile launches could happen. -
U.S. embassy closes
Dwight D. Eisenhower closes the U.S. embassy in Havana and severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. -
bay of pigs invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
U-2 incident
a U-2 flight piloted by Francis Gary Powers disappeared while on a flight over Russia -
berlin wall
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961 demolished: November 9, 1989 -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet union -
cuban missile crisis
On October 22, 1962, after reviewing newly acquired intelligence, President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba, a mere 90 miles off the shores of Florida, JFK made a cuban blockaid as a result -
soviet invasion of afghanistan
Soviets to invade the country on the night of Dec. 24, 1979, sending in some 30,000 troops and toppling the short-lived presidency of People’s leader Hafizullah Amin. -
mikhail gorbachev comes to power
elected in 1985 then lost power in 1991 when it fell -
inf treaty
The treaty is formally titled The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. -
Berlin War Taken Down
This represented the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Once the wall was broken, people from East Germany were celbrating because they were finally free. -
u.s.s.r. breakup
west's result of victory of freedom
