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Yalta Conference
February 4-11, 1945:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met to discuss the war efforts against Germany and Japan and to try and settle issues
- The meeting of "the big three"
- The decisions were going to influence the future (plan to defeat Germany)
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Berlin Airlift
June 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949:
Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin.
- First crisis of the Cold War involving Berlin when Soviet forces blocked Allied areas.
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NATO was created
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
NATO is an alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty.
In response to threat posed by the Soviet Union
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Korean War
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The Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords took place from April 26 to July 20, 1954.
This arranged a settlement which brought an end to the First Indochina War.
The decision was reached at the Geneva Conference.
This caused France to withdraw their troops from the region.
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Warsaw Pact Signed
The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
This was the rival alliance of NATO
This was formally known as the Treaty of Friendship
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The Vietnam War
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Launch of Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space, which had never been done before.
This also was a wake up call for America, proving that Russia was more advanced when it came to technology.
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U-2 Incident
U-2 (spy plane) was shot down while over the Soviet Union.
This was proof that America was spying on the Soviet Union
This raised tensions between America and the Soviet Union
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Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs took place from April 17-19, 1961.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was when a CIA financed/trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempted to destroy the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was not successful.
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Berlin Crisis
The Berlin Crisis took place from June 4 to November, 1961.
Nikita Khrushchev had dissired for the western allies to leave West Berlin and proposed a peace treaty on Soviet terms. The Western allies did not want to give up their right of access to Berlin.Then all routes to get out of Western Berlinwere cut off, and troops were sent in. Eventually, the erlin wall was built around Berlin.
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The Berlin Wall
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis took place from October 14 to October 18, 1962.
when the Soviet Union began building missile sites in Cuba.
One of the most important confrontations of the Cold War.
Moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war.
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Moscow-Washington Hotline Created
John F. Kennedy became the first U.S. president to have a direct phone line to the Kremlin in Moscow.
The hotline was designed to make communication between the president and Soviet primer easier.
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Kennedy Assassination
The Kennedy Assassination took place in Dallas, Texas.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This allowed President Johnson to take measures he believed were necessary to maintain peace and security in southeast Asia.
This was in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive started January 30 and went to February 24, 1968.
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive which was a series of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.
This took place in South Vietnam. -
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon.
This took place in outer space. -
Richard Nixon Visits China
Richard Nixon met with Mao Zedong in Beijing in order to formally normalize relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC).
This took place in Beijing. -
SALT II Signed
Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the SALT-II agreement. The SALT II agreement went over limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons.
The SALT-II agreement was the result of many issues from the SALT-I treaty of 1972.
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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Invasion of Grenada
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Berlin Wall Falls
The head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border freely now, so the community tore the wall down.
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Mikhail Gorbachev Elected
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the new president of the Soviet Union.
He opened up the political process in the Soviet Union (changed the Soviet Union).
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The Soviet Union Collapses
Gorbachev resigned and the remaining twelve republics emerged from the Soviet Union as independent post-Soviet states.
This occured in the Soviet Union.