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Divison of Germany
After the defeat in World War II, Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France and the former Soviet Union. Division of Germany after WWII. What the powers wanted was an economically united Germany rather than a divided one because of the country's economic recovery was a prerequisite of the revival after the war in Europe -
Arms Race
The destruction of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American atomic weapons began an arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Yalta Confrence
This was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman, he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
Economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin blockade and airlift was a international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union to force the Western Allied power to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin. -
Comecon
Comecon was an economic organization under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of communist states elsewhere in the world. -
NATO
The Soviet Union was rising to power, capturing satellite countries. Using their strong dynamic forces, the Soviet Union captured surrounding countries first to help protect them from any invasion. -
Korean War
Korean war was a war between North and South Korea. North Korea invaded South Korea, this was the first armed war in the cold war and this prevented North Korea from taking over all of Korea -
Joseph Stalin Death
Joseph Stalin Death- A major role in the cold war - Tensions cooled-New leader to power -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact was a treaty of mutual defense and military aid signed at Warsaw by the communist states of Europe under Soviet influence, in response to the admission of West Germany and to NATO -
Vietnam War
War between the USA and the Soviet union- The war was a long and costly divisive conflict -
Space Race
Two cold war rivals the US and the USSR had a competition for dominance in the spaceflight capability. -
U-2 Incident
The US sent a spy plane to spy on the USSR , this made tensions occur between the US and USSR after the USSR caught the pilot in the spy plane -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs was the invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces trained in the US. The purpose was to overthrow Castro. It was a total failure because it was meant to be a surprise attack but Cuba became aware of it and Cuban forces were there waiting when the forces landed. -
Cuban missle Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. President John F. Kennedy was informed of a U-2 spy-plane’s discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Invasion from the troops of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War and remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989. -
INF Treaty
Treaty between the USA and the USSR and the soviet union would no longer be able to develop nuclear weapons of the intermediate and short range type -
German Re-Unification
Process which German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany
