Cold war time line by Eliza Ortega Aragon

Yalta conference -feb 4 1945

elorte42801 — 2025-05-02 22:21:39 UTC

President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin were at the conference. They talked about Germany being split into 4 zones. And what will happen after war with Europe and Germany.

Cold War - march 12 1947

elorte42801 — 2025-05-06 21:23:57 UTC

The cold war was a proxy war. They didn't use the military with each other. It was between The United States and Soviet Union with their allies. They fought because the Soviet Union was for communism and the United States was for capitalism.

Potsdam conference - july 17 1945

elorte42801 — 2025-05-15 15:55:05 UTC

In the conference the leaders of the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain were there the big three. They discussed how to manage Germany after their uncontrolled surrender. In the conference it also created the Potsdam Declaration that demanded Japan to unconditional surrender by threatening them.

Iron Curtain 1945 -1991

elorte42801 — 2025-05-15 15:56:59 UTC

Iron Curtain is a term created by Wilton Church. A symbol of Europe after WW2 separating the West capitalist and the East communist .

Trumans doctrine - March 12 1947

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 15:30:13 UTC

It's a Unite States policy created by President Truman. It would make the

US support any nations that went against communism. The US would aid those countries. They did this to stop communism from spreading.

Containment - 1947 - 1989

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 17:14:06 UTC

A policy that the United States picked up that was to stop communism and the Soviet Union's influence from spreading even more. They wanted to avoid nuclear war at all means. So they exposed the weakness of the Soviet union.

The Marshall Plan - april 3 1948

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 17:29:07 UTC

President Truman had enacted Marshall Plan. It's to help rebuild and benefit Western Europe's economy after WW2. And to also stop the spread of communism. By making communism non appealing.

Germany divided may 23 1949- oct 7 1949

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 17:34:15 UTC

After WW2 Germany got divided into two sections. East and West Germany. The Allied powers divided them, Stalin wanted to do this since after the war he had faced a lot of damage. So this would make it harder for Germany to rise up and mess Europe's peace and safety. West Germany was democratic and capitalist like the West. East Germany was communist and socialists like the Soviet union.

Berlin Blockade -june 24 1948

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 18:35:40 UTC

After the WW2 Germany got divided into 4 sections controlled by the allies. The Soviet Union wanted to cut off western controlled parts of Berlin, they wanted to keep Germany weak and continue the spread of communism. The western allies wanted to make them democrat and help them build a strong economy. So the Soviet Union blacked all of the land and water routes. making Berlin need the Soviets.

Berlin Airlift - june 24 1948

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 19:07:39 UTC

In response to the Berlin Blockage the United States and Great Britain created the Berlin Airlift helping supply east Germany. The United States would send airlifts daily to give them food, fuel, medicine, ect. This helped contain communism by stopping the city from falling under the Soviets control.

The Building of the Berlin Wall - aug 13 1961

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 19:17:32 UTC

It is a large wall and border that the East government of Germany created to keep East Germany citizens from escaping into West Germany. Many of the east Germans wanted to escape to the West because they had better jobs, more freedom, and just overall better standards of living. Since East Germany was communist based .

The formation of NATO - april 4 1949

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 19:28:18 UTC

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was made by Many western Europe nations, United States, and Canada. They made it to protect each other from the Soviet Union. Since they had a threat that the Soviet Union would expand and create another World War. It's important because it was the first time that the United States had went into a peace time military alliance that wasn't in the western hemisphere.

Bay of Pigs Invasion - april 17 1961

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 19:42:15 UTC

It is a failed invasion by the United States. They had tried to overthrow the communist government in Cuba. They had failed since it was lacking in widespread up rise with Cuban citizens. It had poor planning so it wasn't so unexpected for the Cuban government. The Unite States government did this because they wanted to stop the spread of the communist party and Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis -oct 16 1962

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 19:42:44 UTC

It was a 13 day stand off between The United States and Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had given Cuba nuclear missiles since they were a communist nation. The United States did not like it since they wanted to end communism and prevent it from spreading.

Korean War june 25 1950

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 20:39:54 UTC

A proxy war between North and South Korea. Korea was one whole country but got divided, North was communist and the South was non communist. South Korea was invaded by the North trying to take the whole country.

The Vietnam War -nov 1 1955

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 20:45:36 UTC

After WW2 Vietnam got divided. North communist Vietnam that were siding with the Soviet Union and China. South Vietnam non communist that sided with the United States and some western European Nations. The United States helped the south by sending military over and money.

The Antiwar Movement 1964-1973

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 20:46:11 UTC

This was a social movement created to stop and not support any kinds of wars.They wanted the government to end wars. It became a big thing during the Vietnam War. They tried to prevent and end wars by having anti war protests and rallies. In some cases the efforts of the movement did make a small change in the war and the governments why of handling it.

Detente 1960-1979

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 20:59:30 UTC

Its a period during the cold war when the Soviet union and the United States started to have less conflict with each other, making more peace with each other. A reason for this happening is that they both had nuclear bombs and feared having a nuclear war. And the United States and Soviet Union started to have their own economic problems. It's important because it reduced a lot of tension going around.

Nixon’s trip to China feb 21 1972

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 21:04:58 UTC

The President of The United States Nixon had went on a trip to China a communist county. It's important because both countries didn't get along due to the United States being anti communist. But with this trip he did get them to get a better relationship with one another. At this time China and the Soviet Union weren't on good terms. Making the Soviet Union more uneasy.

Fall of the Soviet Union dec 26 1991

elorte42801 — 2025-05-22 21:17:25 UTC

After the failure of the Berlin Wall it led to the Soviet Union falling apart. The Soviet Union had a very weak economy that didn't compare to the United States economy. Communism had also become less common as it used to be. Countries like Ukraine and Lithuania also declared independence from them This ended the Cold War and turned the Soviet Union into Russia. Since Russia was the more powerful and biggest part of the Soviet Union.