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Yalta Conference
At Yalta, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. The decisions regarding the postwar world would deeply influence notable Cold War events such as the partition of Germany and the Berlin Wall. -
Berlin is divided into 4 sectors
Berlin is divided with the western powers (Britain, England, and France) and the soviets in the east -
End of WW2
The end of the second world war after the surrender of Axis powers -
Currency reform in west Berlin
In the western sectors of Berlin the area came under western currency reform. -
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Berlin blockade
Commonly seen as the first Cold War crisis, The soviet union blocked the western powers railway, road, and canal access to the western sectors. In response, the West started the Berlin airlift, which was so effective it ended the blockade. -
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Berlin airlift
In response to the Berlin blockade, the allied powers united air forces air dropped over 8 tons a day of necessities to the German people -
The border between East Germany and West Berlin is closed
With the border closed, this laid the foundations for the Berlin wall. -
Berlin Wall begins construction
A guarded concrete wall at a height of 3.6 meters divided Berlin both physically and ideologically. -
USSR sends military aid to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Following the revolts against the President at the time (President Nur Mohammed Taraki) after his unpopular modernization reforms. Following this Afghan troops attempt a coup in Herat, Murdering Soviet Citizens, however, this coup was short lived. -
The Soviet politburo decide to invade Afghanistan
The Soviet politburo decides to invade Afghanistan mostly as the U.S due to fears of an Iranian-style Islamist revolution after it the news of Hafizullah Amin's secret meetings with US diplomats in Afghanistan. -
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Soviet Afghan War
A nine year war in which insurgents fought the DRA and USSR -
The U.N calls for a soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
The general assembly calls for a Soviet withdrawal -
President Ronald Reagan announces the 'Star Wars' missile defence program
"President Reagan announces his proposal for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, later nicknamed “Star Wars”), originally conceived two years earlier (see 1981). SDI is envisioned as a wide-ranging missile defense system that, if it works, will protect the United States from nuclear attacks from the Soviet Union or other countries with ballistic missiles, essentially rendering nuclear weapons, in Reagan’s words, “impotent and obsolete.” -
USSR calls US 'Star Wars' proposal 'insane'
The Soviet Union’s General Secretary, Yuri Andropov responds to the strategic defense initiative. He accused President Ronald Reagan of "inventing new plans on how to unleash a nuclear war in the best way, with the hope of winning it." -
The US and the USSR discuss Space-Based Nuclear Weaponry
During the Nuclear and Space Talks (NST) The US wanted increased importance of ground based deterrence in return the USSR wants "a comprehensive ban on research, development, testing, and deployment of 'space-strike arms'. " -
The US begins supplying Mujahideen with Stinger missiles
With Muhjahideen supplied with Stinger missiles they were able to shoot down soviet gunships -
Berlin wall demolished
After decades of segregated borders, the partition between east and west Germany was destroyed. -
The dissolution of the USSR
"The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin", thus officially ending the cold war
