-
Yalta Conference
was the second war time meeting between president Roosevelt, Winston chuchill, and joseph stalin. the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world -
President Roosevelt dies
he died from cerebal hemmorage. -
Potsdam Confrence
THis conference was the last of the World war 2 meeting by the Big three heads of state. The three people were Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. they talked about many agreements on germany economy, punishment fr war criminals, land boundaries, But some talks were mostly on postwar europe. -
The US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Americans built an atomic bomb and dropped it down on Hiroshima because some thought that it might bring the war against japan to a speedy end. But others think it ignited the cold war. -
US drops bomb on Nagasaki
This was the last major act in world ware 2 and within days Japan had surrendered. The bomb dropping killed between 60,000-80,000 people. -
Japan surrenders
this lead to the end of world war two. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki being bombed by atomic bomb that america made, and killing and destroying a lot. They finally decide to give up and surrender -
Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill
this speech is considered one of the opening volleys announcing the begining of the cold war. in his speech he talked about how there was a so called iron curtain coming down. -
America tests baker- underwater explosion
Baker was the worlds first nuclear weapon to be detonated underwater. The test was done at operation crossroads. -
Trumans loyalty program
This programs was created to catch spies during the cold war -
The Marshall Plan
it was an american intinative to aid western europe, th United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild western economics after the end of the war -
The Berlin Airlift
russians wanted berlin for themselves so they closed higways and railroads. they believed that this would make it so they wouldnt get food and would leave berlin. But instead of retreating from west berlin the US and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. the "Berlin airlift" lasted for about a year. -
Russia tests first atomic bomb
the USSR detonates its first atomic bomb named "first lightning". Scientists have to construct buildings in order to measure the effect of the blast. -
Truman approved H- Bomb development
President Harry Truman publicly announces his decision to support the developement of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that is a hundreds of more times powerful than ones dropped on Japan, -
Korean War begins
The Korean war began when North Korea supported by the soviet union and china invaded south korea that was supported by the united states. the US sent south korea back ver and encountered a chinese invasion. -
Korean War ends
After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the united states, the people’s republic of china, north korea and south korea agree to an armistice, bringing the korean war to an end. The armistice ended america’s first experiment with the cold war concept of limited war -
H-Bomb Castle- Bravo test
By missing an important fusion reaction, the scientists had underestimated the size of the explosion. This explosion was so big it was the largest US nuclear test ever exploded. WIthin seconds of exploding the firebomb was nearly 3 miles in diameter. -
Forming of Warsaw Pact
The soviet union and seven others sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. The soviet union, albania, poland, romania, hungary, east germany, czechoslovakia, and bulgaria as members that agned the treaty. -
Vietnam war
The vietnam war was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of north vietnam and its southern allies. -
Sputnik
it was the first artifical earth satellite. -
Sputnik launched into orbit
The soviet union launched it into orbit. In January 1958, sputnik’s orbit deteriorated and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere -
Khrushchev demands withdrawl of troops from Berlin
He wanted East Germany to incorporate the western sections. He wastrying to turn Europ back into its whole self that it used to be. Khrushchevs demands were only trying to help this along. -
Cuba is taken over by Fidel Castro
Castros regime was successful in reducing illiteracy, stamping out racism and improving public health care. But was widely criticized for economic and political freedoms. -
The U-2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs
bay of pigs was a failed military invasion of Cuba under taken by the CIA sponored paramilitary group Brigade. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
In the early years of the cold war west berlin was a loophole where thousands of east Germans fled to the democratic west.so the communist east german authorities built a wall that totally circled west Berlin.
