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From February 4th to 11th, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met up to decide how to reorganize Europe after WWII.

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On May 8th, 1945, Germany surrenders and WWII ends in Europe.

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From July 17th to August 2nd, 1945, Germany and Austria were divided into 4 zones, as well as Berlin being divided into 4 zones on it's own.

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On March 12th, 1947, President Truman announced that the United States would help any country fight against communism.

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During June of 1948, France, Britain, and the United States merged their section of Germany to form West Germany. Russia responded with the Berlin Blockade, in which they cut off all transportation to West Berlin.

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On March 5th, 1953 Joseph Stalin dies and is replaced by Nikita Kruschev.

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During may of 1949 Russia decided to end the blockade after almost a year of the citizens of West Berlin receiving supplies from air drops.

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On May 4th, 1955, the eastern European countries of East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union form an alliance in response to NATO.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very 'on edge' event that occurred during the Cold War. During October 1962, the Soviet Union and the United States were on the  brink of starting a nuclear war, which would have been known as World War III. After World War II, the United States placed missiles in Turkey, facing the Soviet Union due to Truman Doctrine's promise of the demolition of communism. Triggering anger, the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba, a communistic country, facing Washington D.C. The Soviet Union and The United States had 14 days before all of the missiles were assembled. The ambassador of Russia and Robert F. Kennedy came up with an agreement, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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“The Cold War Timeline.” History, 31 May 2017, www.historyonthenet.com/the-cold-war-timeline-2/.

"Cuban Missile Crisis." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War, Gale, 2009. Global Issues in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3048500229/GIC?u=stev76221&xid=558a95ca. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.

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On august 5, 1963 representatives from Great Britain, United States, and Soviet Union met to ratify the nuclear test ban treaty

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In August of 1968 the soviet red army crushed the Czechoslovakians. This was the Soviets last major operation

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This executive agreement held that the United States would cease the quarantine and promise not to invade Cuba, and the Soviet Union would then remove the missiles. The United States also promised, though not publicly, to remove its nuclear weapons from Turkey, which it did six months later.

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In 1972, the US and USSR set the SALT agreements. SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and it limited the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenal.

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On August 23, 1989 the Berlin wall fell. The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier dividing Berlin and Eastern Germany.

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In July of 1991 the Warsaw pact, a treaty that established a mutual assistance between the many countries involved, was terminated, which a few months later led to the end of the Cold War.