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The Yalta Conference persuaded the Soviets to declare war on Japan and divided Germany into 4 occupation zones with Allied military forces occupying each, split Berlin into 2 halves, West Berlin for the Allies and East Berlin for the Soviets

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Potsdam Conference (Jul. 14 - Aug. 2, 1945 

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Potsdam Conference (Jul. 14 - Aug. 2, 1945 

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The Potsdam Conference would build on the Yalta Conference by demilitarizing and denazifying Germany and prosecute Nazi officials.

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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and 9, 1945)

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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and 9, 1945)

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The two atomic bombs dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki would signify the surrender of the Japanese although certain sects of the military kept fighting.

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Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech (Mar. 5, 1946) 

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Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech (Mar. 5, 1946) 

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This speech by Churchill stressed the importance of the United States maintaining peace against the Soviets in order to prevent disastrous outcomes

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The speech that outlined the Truman Doctrine in which it stated that the United States would adapt containment to its foreign policy, dragging them into future political conflicts

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This plan involved the US giving $15 billion worth aid to Western Europe to rebuild and re-establish democracy

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Berlin Blockade Airlift (Jun. 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949

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Berlin Blockade Airlift (Jun. 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949

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Due to the Soviet blockade of pretty much all supplies West Berlin needed, the US and UK supplied them with resources via airlift.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is established as a defense organization to protect the US and other allied nations from communism and potential war

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A proxy war between the North Koreans and USSR and the US and the South Koreans. Ends in a stalemate with no treaty between the sides signed.

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The Rosenberg Trial (Mar. 6 - Apr. 5, 1951)

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The Rosenberg Trial (Mar. 6 - Apr. 5, 1951)

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Typical American family found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death; spurs a second red scare, increases conformist and Mccarthyist ideas.

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McCarthy Hearings (Mar. 16 - Jun. 17, 1954)

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McCarthy Hearings (Mar. 16 - Jun. 17, 1954)

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Hearings called upon by McCarthy to prove communist supporters in the military, goes too far and ultimately is denounced by the public

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The Soviet retaliation to the NATO Alliance, joined the USSR and other Soviet states together in a political alliance.

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Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite into space; starts the space race, gives the US and USSR ways to fight each other without resorting to conventional warfare

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A U-2 American spy plane is shot down over the Soviet Union, affirms Soviet worries of being spied on, gives public glimpse of the espionage war between the two sides.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 17 - 20, 1961)

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Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 17 - 20, 1961)

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The CIA launches a failed invasion of Cuba to take down Castro with a Cuban exile Force. Strengthens Cuban ties to socialism and is an embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration

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Construction of the Berlin Wall Begins (August 13, 1961)

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Construction of the Berlin Wall Begins (August 13, 1961)

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The Berlin wall, dividing West and East Berlin, begins in August, 1961 and serves as a symbol of the political divide of the US and USSR

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Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 16 - 29, 1962)

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Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 16 - 29, 1962)

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Confrontation between the US and USSR that almost leads into nuclear war. Amplifies the Mutually Assured Destruction principal

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified (Aug. 10, 1963)

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified (Aug. 10, 1963)

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A nuclear test ban treaty between the US, USSR, and Britain bans the testing of nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

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A Vietcong boat fires on the USS Maddox destroyer, another incident occurs but the validity of the claim is debunked. This leads to the Gulf of Tonkin

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Aug. 7, 1964)

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Aug. 7, 1964)

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This drags the US into war with the Vietcong and allows the president LBJ to "take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia." In other words he had total reign over what went on in Vietnam.

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Operation Rolling Thunder (Mar. 2, 1965 - Nov. 2, 1968)

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Operation Rolling Thunder (Mar. 2, 1965 - Nov. 2, 1968)

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A series of bombing campaigns that ultimately ended up in failure due to the Vietcong's tunnel ways and other protective barriers.

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First man lands on the moon, great achievement for the US in terms of the space race, another front of "war" with the Soviets to prove which country is the best.

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Publication of the Pentagon Papers (1971)

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Publication of the Pentagon Papers (1971)

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The papers revealed that the government withheld information from the American public about the Vietnam War and this lead congress to rule that newspaper or media companies have the right to publish any information they may have under the freedom of press.

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President Nixon visit China (Feb 21-28, 1972)

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President Nixon visit China (Feb 21-28, 1972)

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The visit to communist China leads to decreased tensions between both sides and also lead to the US recognition of the Communist gov. in 1979

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The USSR and US agree to limited amounts of ballistic missiles and a limited number of missile deployment sites

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South Vietnam falls to the Vietcong ending the Vietnam war

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The fall of the Berlin Wall signals the end of Soviet influence in East Berlin and reunites Germany into a sovereign nation. Symbolizes the weakening grasp of the Soviets and Communism in general.

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Due to a political crisis among other factors, the Soviet Union falls and is replaced by the Russian Federation. This ends the Cold War and serves as the last time the US has gone into some sort of conflict due to Communism itself.