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Yalta Conference
Meeting between United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union to discuss Europe's post war reorganization. Start of Cold War -
United Nations Established
Created in place of the League of Nations in order to avoid international conflict. -
Potsdam Conference
The last meeting between the big three about the fate of Germany. -
Arms Race
competition for superior warfare between U.S. and Soviet Union -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announced the United States would aid any democratic nations under the threat of authoritarian forces -
Marshall Plan
American plan to aid western Europe -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet union blocked all entrances and resources to West Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blocked transportation routes to the sections of Berlin occupied by allied forces. This forced allies to airlift supplies in from outside allied airbases -
Council of Mutual Assisstance
Soviet Union's plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet bloc Nations -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A military alliance between many North American and European states -
Federal Republic of Germany
Democratic state: West Germany -
Creation of Hydrogen Bomb
More destructive than the Atomic bomb -
German Democratic Republic
East Germany -
Korean War
North Korea invaded Southern Korea, a country supported by the United States -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Nikita Khrushchev was his successor, led to the downfall of the Soviet Union -
Nikita Khrshchev comes to power
Called for a peaceful coexistence between the USSR and the United States -
Warsaw Pact
Political and military alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern European countries -
Vietnam War
started due to America's belief communism was threatening to expand across south-west Asia -
Space Race
Competition for superior space flight capabilities between U.S. and the Soviet Union -
U-2 Incident
U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched an invasion along southern Cuban beaches -
Start of the Berlin Wall
A wall that completely encircled West Berlin, was put up overnight -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A tense standoff between the Americans and the Soviets when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba -
JFK Assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson would take his place as president -
First man on moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man ever to land on the moon. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops in Afghanistan to subdue the civil war and maintain a socialist government -
INF Treaty
Treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
End of Berlin Wall
Citizens were once again free to cross the boarder -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
Gorbachev led the Soviet Union through many domestic reforms and foreign policy changes -
German Reunification
The Berlin wall fell and Germany was once again united. -
USSR Break up
Gorbachev resigns resulting in an independent Russian state.
