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Yalta Conference
After World War II the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, meet to discuss how the nations under Nazi rule would be run. -
End of World War II
World War 2 was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis Powers included Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allies were Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was America's plan to aid Western Europe. The United States gave over $13 billion to help rebuild Western European countries after the end of World War II. -
Division of Germany
Allies divided Germany into 4 sections. The Soviet Union controlled East Germany and the Allies controlled West Germany. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Allies' railway, road, and canal access. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the solution to the Berlin Blockade. The Americans were trying to supply East Berlin by flying planes over and dropping off crates. -
Truman Doctrine
This was the USA's plan to provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism. -
Arms Race
An arms race was a rapid increase in the quantity or quality of military weapons. In the Cold War, the development and uses of nuclear weapons was a form of an arms race. -
Start of Korean War
The Korean War started when communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union helped. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin was Premier of the Soviet Union. He was responsible for the death of millions. -
End of Korean War
The U.S. and South Korean soldiers pushed the North Korean communists back to the 38th parallel. -
Nikita Khrushchev
He led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party in Russia. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-stalinization of the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. The Communist countries of Europe signed a treaty of mutual defense and military aid. -
Start of Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist North Vietnam and the republic of South Vietnam with the help of the United States. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in this war. -
Hungarian Revolution
Many people in Hungary were anti-Soviet. Khrushchev stopped this revolt by having Soviet tanks storm through Budapest. -
Cuban Revolution
Fulgencio Bastista, a the dictator, was over thrown by Fidel Castro, a communist ruler. The Soviets supported Cuba as they set up their communist government. -
U-2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut. He was the first person to travel in space. His spaceship was the Vostok 1 and Gagarin was in orbit for 1 hour and 48 minutes. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had left their homes when Castro took over as Prime Minister. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier that divided Berlin. West Germany was the Federal Republic of Germany. East Germany was the German Democratic Republic. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union about the American missile deployment in Italy and Turkey. Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, agreed to place nuclear missiles in Cuba after the Bay of Pigs Invasion. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in space. The passengers of the Apollo 11, an American spaceship, were the first people to land on the moon. -
End of Vietnam War
The Paris Peace Accords were signed, ending the conflict and withdrawing the remaining American troops. The Saigon government and Vietcong worked together to make a settlement that would make free and democratic elections in South Vietnam. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union supported of the Afghan communist government against the anticommunist Muslims during the Afghan War. -
INF Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is the name of the Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union. The break up of the Soviet Union, began with the appointment of Mikhail Gorbachev as head of State. His reforms, Perestroika and Glasnost, led to the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the USSR. -
Deconstruction of Berlin Wall
Symbolized the German Re-Unification. -
German Re-Unification
Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany united to create one single, federal Germany. -
End of Cold War
The Soviet economy faced the high costs of the arms race. The Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections took over Communist regions in eastern Europe. -
U.S.S.R. Breakup
After President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, the Soviet Union split into 15 different countries.
