Cold war

The Cold War (1945-1965)

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    The Cold War

  • Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference

    Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference
    The Yalta Conference was a meet up between British Prime Minister Winston Churchhill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and President FDR to establish post war plans, Potsdam was meerly a continuation of the Yalta Conference and was also the very first successful atomic weapon.
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    Atomic Bomb Dropped
    The United States drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
  • UN Created

    UN Created
    The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Truman DoctrineIt was an American foriegn policy imposed by President Truman to Europe for America political, military and economic assistance to nations threatened by authoritarian forces.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion to help Europe rebuild after the desruction of World War II
  • Berlin Blockade and Airlift

    Berlin Blockade and Airlift
    The Berlin Blockade and Airlift was a major worldwide crisis of the Cold War. During post- World War II Germany, the Soviet Unions, blocked the Western Allies canal access, roadways, and railways to the sectors of of Berlin that were under Western control.
  • NATO created

    NATO created
    NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is also called the North Atlantic Alliance. This was a military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • Soviets Detonate Atomic Bomb

    Soviets Detonate Atomic Bomb
    Atop secret research and development program in the wake of the Soviet Union's discovery of the American, British, and Canadian nuclear project.
  • The Communists Take Over China

    The Communists Take Over China
    Mao Zedong announced the creation of the "People's Republic of China" it was the time of an upheaval and chaos over China. The communist rule of the Chinese forged China's modern status as a world power.
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    A war between North and South Korea, which the United Nations led by the Unites States fought for the South and China fought for the North assisted with the Soviet Union
  • Stalin Dies

    Stalin Dies
    Leader of the Soviet Union dies on March 5th, 1953 because he suffered from cerebral hemorrhage. He was replaced by...Nikita Khrushchev after a few years following his death.
  • The Viet Minh Defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu

    The Viet Minh Defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
    France withdrew from Indochina, leaving four independent states: Cambodia, Loas, and what became Nort and South Vietnam
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    A defense treaty amond the Soviet Unions and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    An invasion of Europe by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The Suez Crisis was also called the Tripartite Aggression and the Kadesh Operation.
  • Hungarian Uprising

    Hungarian Uprising
    A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet- imposed policies.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union. This event triggered the "Space Race"
  • U2 Incident

    U2 Incident
    Happened during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy was shot down. Another international incident that drew USSR and USA closer to war