Cold War - 1947-1991

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    The Cold War

    The United States and the Soviet Union, world wide power struggle for political influence.
  • Potsdam Conferece

    Potsdam Conferece
    A conference between the "13 Three". (Untited states and the Soviet Union) to discuss the endiny of the war. British leaders surender ultimately in Japan. Reperation from Germany was deamaned. The Soviet Union siezed German assets in Bulguina, Hungary, Finland, and Austria
  • Begining of the Cold War

    Benard Baruch, a wealthy financer and presidential adviser, gave a speech that alarmed the United States. Winston Churchill, the U.S, Britain, and other western powers took it as an "Iron Fist" dividiny Eurpoe.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berline Blockade-June 24th when Jospeh Stail restricted access to berlin by closing water and railway transport and the highways leading to the city. Berlin Airlift- Massive trasnport to essintila supplies flown into berlin
  • Berlin Wall

    A barrier that divided Berlin from 1961-1989. Completly cut off west Berlin from surrounding east Germany and from Berlin.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Stand-off between U.S President John F Kennedy and soviet premier Nalcita Khrushchev of the insulation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. Eventualy Makita backed down
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    Vietnam War

    August 2, 1964 North Vietnames attacked the U.S Maddox
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    Glasnot/Perestroika

    Soviet Union was engulfed by a multitude of problem. The economics began to fall apart, the country lacked technology., and shortage of social freedoms. The Democatication of the comunist party was promoted through party secratary.Milknail Gurbachevis Poloces of "Penestroika" and "Glasnot" helped cause the fall of the Soviet Union.
  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Stalin ruled the Soviet from 1942-1953. The union started to fall