Timeline by Gyselle Perez

Cold War

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 16:10:01 UTC

1947-1991 The cold war was a conflict between soviet union which they believed in communion and the United States believed in capitalism , it impacted military strategy's , technology advancements and global politics .

Yalta conference

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 16:47:03 UTC

Feb 1945 : A meeting between Churchill , Roosevelt and Stalin , they had talked about post war reorganization of Europe and division of Germany.

Potsdam conference

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 16:51:22 UTC

July - August 1945 : The last conference between the third to negotiate the end of WWII they talked about demilitarization and who would take the blame .

The Iron Curtain

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 16:54:34 UTC

1945-1991: A border that divided Europe into two separate areas from the end WWI to the end of the cold war .

Truman Doctrine

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March 1957: A policy that Truman would support all democratic nations with economic and military aid to keep them away from being apart of the Soviet union .

containment

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 17:02:57 UTC

1947-1991 : A foreign policy to prevent the spread of communion during the cold war

The Marshall plan

gypere20602 — 2025-05-09 17:06:31 UTC

April 1948 : To prevent the spread of communism by giving western Europe economic assistance after the end of WWII.

Germany divided

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:00:43 UTC

1949:Germany was divided into the east Germany controlled by the Soviet union and west Germany and this also included Berlin .

Berlin Blockade

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:03:39 UTC

1948-1949 :the Soviet union blocked the western allies transportation so that they can force the western power to control Berlin

Berlin airlift

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:06:26 UTC

1948-1949:france would fly planes filled with supply's needed to aid west Berlin to prevent them from turning into a satellite state

the building of the Berlin wall

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:10:17 UTC

1961:East Germany had build the Berlin wall with the Soviet union approval the wall was to prevent east Germans from fleeing to the west

The formation of NATO

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:13:07 UTC

1949: NATO is the north Atlantic treaty organization its an alliance between Europe and north American

Bay of pigs invasion

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:18:10 UTC

1961: The bay of pigs invasion was a failed attempt by the CIA by the president John f to overthrow Castro's government in Cuba it failed because Castro found out about it before it had occurred

Cuban missile crisis

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:22:17 UTC

1962: cuban missile crisis was a 13 day statement between the United States and the Soviet union it was caused due to Soviet union deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba

the Korean war

gypere20602 — 2025-05-16 17:26:09 UTC

1950-1953: This war was between north Korea who was supported by China and the siovent union and South Korea which was led by the United States the Korean war made a pretty significant impact to the u.s it shifted its foreign policy

the vietnam war

gypere20602 — 2025-05-17 05:10:32 UTC

1954:The spread of communication and trying to decrease it north Vietnam were communists and were allies with the soviet union , congress replacing the military draft

the aunt-war movement

gypere20602 — 2025-05-17 05:16:18 UTC

1964: This was a social movement ,military veterans that were against the United States , raised awareness about war cost , this helped end us combat in veitman and drafting by 1972

detente

gypere20602 — 2025-05-17 05:19:37 UTC

1969-1979:the tension between the u.s and the siovent union had decreased they had negotiated and cooperated on things such as arm control, weapons , trade

Nixon’s trip to China

gypere20602 — 2025-05-17 05:22:16 UTC

1972:they had taken this trip so the u.s could improve their relations with china and gain leverage against the siovent union , would increase cultural and economic exchanges

Fall of the Soviet Union

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1991:economic despair they needed to make improvements to their governments and had external pressure , countries were free from having to listen to a bigger person