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The Yalta Conference (The Cold War Begins)
Yalta Conference- The Yalta conference is where the main allied leaders Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. Nicknamed the "Big Three". They agreed on what would happen to Berlin and how it would be shared between the countries. They decided to split Germany into four occupied zones. -
The End Of World War II
Japan was finally defeated, Germany was in the hands of the Allies. America and Russia have no one to focus on apart from each other. This is when the tension really started to happen between the Western-World and the Communists countries. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill was stating that the Russians have cut off Eastern-Europe from the Western-World and imposed communism on them. Prime Minister Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union's policies in Europe and declares, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” -
The Korean War Begins
This was the start of open conflict between the super-powers on both sides.Also known as the "Hot" of the Cold War. This the beginning of some conflicts between the Americans and the USSR. -
The 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. -
The Forming of the KGB
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. -
Fidel Castro Takes Control Of Cuba
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. The Soviets had nuclea missles stationed in Cuba and a missle fired from Cuba could potentially hit targets in the eastern United States within a few minutes. -
Bay of Pigs
This showed how much the Americans didn't trust Castro and if he wasn't overthrown dangers would be lurking in the near future. This failed invasion strengthened ties between the USSR and Cuba which led to the Cuban missile crisis. -
Berlin Wall Destroyed
This represented the beginning of the end of the Cold War and of the Soviet Union. East Germany Police started breaking down the wall and once known by the people, the people from both sides joined in to destroy what had seperated them for so long. Once the wall was broken, the people from East Germany and West Germany were once again One People and One Country -
The Cold War Ends
Once the Soviet Union crumbled officially, this marked the end of the Cold War as there was no one to fight. It would have been a great relief for for the countries in NATO as there wasn't a nuclear threat looming.
