https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj A timeline of the events which occurred during the Cold War, their effects, and consequences. en-us 2023-04-03 13:06:12 UTC 2023-04-26 13:33:48 UTC hello@padlet.com ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542231470 The Yalta Conference was a meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin. The meeting was held to discuss post-war plans during the Second World War and resulted in the agreed-upon solutions to divide Germany up into four regions, one each for France, Britain, the US, and the USSR, as well as the independence of Poland, the annexation of eastern Poland by the USSR (with compensation via eastern German territories being given to Poland), as well as the re-establishment of the independence of multiple liberated European nations.]]> 2023-04-03 13:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542231470 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542247362 The United States demonstrated its power as the only nuclear-capable nation in 1945 by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the first being on Hiroshima, and the second on Nagasaki. The bombings forced Japan to surrender to the United States unconditionally, officially ending the Second World War. The atomic bombings also sparked a new fear of the United States in many foreign powers, including the Soviet Union, who immediately began development of nuclear weapons to counter the growing power and influence of the United States across the world.]]> 2023-04-03 13:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542247362 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542254488 Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, also known as the Sinews of Peace speech, was a speech that highlighted the United States and the United Kingdom as the world powers responsible for the protection of the Western World from Communist influence. The speech derived its nickname from Churchill's term "Iron Curtain", which defined the borders of the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe.]]> 2023-04-03 13:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542254488 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542268975 Following a Yugoslav and Soviet-supported Communist uprising in Greece, US President Harry S. Truman declared that the United States should be responsible for supporting any and all Western nations against Communist influence. The united States provided both Greece and Turkey with $400 million as well as weapons to resist Communist influence.]]> 2023-04-03 13:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2542268975 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2544971835 This plan gave the United States the job of repairing post-war Europe following the Second World War. The aid efforts were focused mostly toward western Europe.]]> 2023-04-05 13:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2544971835 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2556934274 Soviet troops blockaded the western portion of the Western-occupied city of Berlin from the rest of West Germany, prompting the West to launch airlifts to provide the Western occupying forces in order to keep influence over the city. This blockade lasted almost an entire year.]]> 2023-04-17 13:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2556934274 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2560181839 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in April of 1949 with the purpose of defending Western Europe from Communist influence.]]> 2023-04-19 13:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2560181839 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567918137 The USSR tested the RDS-1, its first atomic bomb, in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, signaling the beginning of the nuclear arms race.]]> 2023-04-25 23:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567918137 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567923200 The People's Liberation Army win the Chinese Civil War for the Chinese Communists on 1 October 1949, bringing an end to the civil war and appointing Mao Zedong as their new nation's leader.]]> 2023-04-25 23:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567923200 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567931866 Following President Truman's Executive Order 9835, which called for a screening of federal employees for loyalty to the United States, Senator Joseph McCarthy took the role of persecuting potential communist sympathizers in the US, the majority of which cases did not have substantial proof of communist sympathy. These often unlawful persecutions sparked the Second Red Scare.]]> 2023-04-26 00:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567931866 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567935283 Following a surprise invasion of South Korea by North Korea, the United States became involved in the Korean War, a conflict which saw both capitals of both Koreas captured and recaptured by Western and Eastern belligerents. The war ended in a stalemate and divided the Korean Peninsula in two along the 38th Parallel between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea.]]> 2023-04-26 00:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567935283 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567942779 One of the first hydrogen-powered nuclear bombs was tested by the United States on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This bomb was codenamed "Castle Bravo" and was the most devastating nuclear weapon at the time of its testing. However, the Soviets would go on to produce a larger nuclear weapon much later on.]]> 2023-04-26 00:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567942779 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567946090 The Soviet KGB was a security service responsible for the protection and surveillance of Soviet party officials. It served the role of keeping Soviet politicians in line and in accordance with the goals of the Soviet Communist Party.]]> 2023-04-26 00:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567946090 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567949319 The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States operated alongside British intelligence to overthrow the democratically elected leadership of Iran in favor of the Western-aligned Iranian Shah. This would later spark the Iranian Revolution and the Iran Hostage Crisis.]]> 2023-04-26 00:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567949319 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567953799 The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States supported the overthrow of the democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz in favor of the Western-aligned military dictator Carlos Castillo Armas, ending the Guatemalan Civil War.]]> 2023-04-26 00:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567953799 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567961184 The Warsaw Pact was formed in order to unite the Eastern Bloc of communist nations against Western influence. The members of this pact were required to defend one another should a Western invasion occur.]]> 2023-04-26 00:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567961184 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567970406 The Western-sympathetic Hungarian Revolution was put down following an invasion by the Soviets, who brutally squashed the uprising with force. The end result was over 3,000 revolutionaries killed and over 200,000 Hungarian citizens fleeing the country.]]> 2023-04-26 00:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567970406 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567977256 The first Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile was the R-7, launched from Kazakhstan in August of 1957, showcasing for the first time the Soviets' ability to strike targets from a continent away.]]> 2023-04-26 00:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567977256 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567981209 The first artificial satellite, nicknamed "Sputnik", was launched into orbit by the Soviets in October of 1957, signaling the first major step of the Space Race.]]> 2023-04-26 00:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567981209 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567991514 Following the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro seized power over Cuba by force, declaring himself Representative of the Rebel Armed Forces of the Presidency. He ensured the Cuban provisional government set to work at fighting illiteracy, hunger, and capitalism by threatening violence.]]> 2023-04-26 00:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567991514 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567997287 On the first day of May, 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet defense forces whilst flying over the Soviet Union. The incident soured relations further between the two major powers, but the pilot, Gary Powers, was later traded off for the US-captured Soviet spy Colonel Rudolf Abel.]]> 2023-04-26 01:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2567997287 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568003649 On the night of 17 April 1961, US-supplied Cuban Counterrevolutionaries landed in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, with the goal of liberating Cuba from its communist government. The invasion ultimately failed, as the ill-prepared invaders were met with heavy resistance and the majority were later captured and/or killed.]]> 2023-04-26 01:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568003649 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568009195 The Berlin Wall began construction in August of 1961 with the goal of keeping West Berliners from entering and East Berliners from leaving Soviet-occupied East Berlin. This wall was guarded by armed personnel and fortified with guard towers, minefields, sand, barbed wire, and spotlights to keep intruders from entering and to keep citizens from fleeing to West Berlin.]]> 2023-04-26 01:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568009195 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568032381 Following the installation of US missiles in Italy and Turkey, the Soviet Union installed nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba, sparking a national emergency in the US and beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis, a standoff between the US and the Soviets which could have seen the world go up in nuclear flames had it not been for the eventual cooldown of tensions following an agreed disarmament.]]> 2023-04-26 01:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568032381 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568037272 The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and banned the above-ground test of nuclear weapons. This marked the beginning of the end of the Nuclear Arms Race.]]> 2023-04-26 01:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568037272 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568042522 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred when the destroyer USS Maddox was supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo ships. This incident led to the US Senate giving emergency powers to then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, who used these powers to involve the US further in the Vietnam War.]]> 2023-04-26 01:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568042522 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568062018 The first democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic, Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño, was suspected of being a communist and was overthrown in a military coup which replaced him with Donald Reid Cabral. This sparked a counterrevolution which attempted to reinstate Bosch as the President, which was put down by Dominican Loyalist forces and intervening US military personnel.]]> 2023-04-26 01:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568062018 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568072421 President Lyndon B. Johnson sent over 200,000 US troops to Vietnam to assist the South Vietnamese government in combating Communist guerrilla forces. This would be the beginning of direct US military involvement in Vietnam.]]> 2023-04-26 02:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568072421 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568080719 The United States Air Force began Operation Rolling Thunder to destroy North Vietnamese transport systems and North Korean military targets which supported communist guerrilla forces in South Vietnam. The operation turned into a campaign lasting a good part of the Vietnam War, and extended into Laos and Cambodia in search of the elusive Ho Chi Minh Trail.]]> 2023-04-26 02:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568080719 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568088250 Following peaceful protests calling for democratic reforms and freedom of speech and Czechoslovakian government compliance with said protests, the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to repress any potential anticommunist activity, resulting in conflict between occupying Soviet troops and Czechoslovaks.]]> 2023-04-26 02:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568088250 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568131051 The US's NASA mission to the moon, titled "Apollo 11", was the first time man set foot on the moon, marking the end of the Space Race with the Soviet Union and one giant step for man.]]> 2023-04-26 02:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568131051 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568135168 The publication of the Pentagon Papers by the New York Times gave the public access to information regarding the unlawful bombing campaigns in Laos and Cambodia as well as US Marine Corps attacks in North Vietnam, astounding the mainstream media with the extent of US involvement in Vietnam.]]> 2023-04-26 02:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568135168 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568139880 In February of 1972, US President Richard Nixon visited China to establish relations with the People's Republic of China, marking one of the first instances of Western/Eastern cooperation and friendship since the Second World War.]]> 2023-04-26 02:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568139880 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568143863 In May of 1972, the United States and the Soviet Union both agreed to limit the number constructed of ballistic missiles and ballistic missile silos in hopes of easing tensions between the two rival powers.]]> 2023-04-26 03:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568143863 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568149475 In September of 1973, the socialist President Salvador Allende was overthrown by a US-supported military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, who then took power as the military dictator of Chile.]]> 2023-04-26 03:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568149475 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568658337 The Yom Kippur War was a conflict in which Eastern-backed Egyptian and Syrian military forces attempted to invade Israel due to religious rivalry and the desire to occupy the Holy Land. The coalition forces were repulsed by the Israeli military, which was heavily supplied and supported by the West.]]> 2023-04-26 11:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568658337 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568662720 Following the US's military withdrawal from Vietnam, the South Vietnamese were quickly overwhelmed and overran by North Vietnamese forces, who stormed across the border and rapidly advanced throughout the country with minimal resistance. The final invasion ended with the North Vietnamese capture of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, which they renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the leader of the North Vietnamese-backed Viet Cong guerrilla movement.]]> 2023-04-26 11:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568662720 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568668588 Following its independence from Portugal, Angola entered a civil war between pro-communist and pro-democratic rebel forces. With support from Cuba and the Soviet Union, the MPLA eventually won the civil war and established a communist regime over Angola.]]> 2023-04-26 11:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568668588 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568672548 Following a series of meetings, the United States and People's Republic of China officially recognized one another and established bilateral trade, marking the end to Chinese relations with the Warsaw Pact and many communist countries, including the Soviet Union.]]> 2023-04-26 11:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568672548 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568677515 Following the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Chinese-backed Cambodian dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge, Chinese military forces invaded Vietnam, starting the Sino-Vietnamese War. This war would result in a defeat for China and would symbolize the isolation of China from the communist sphere.]]> 2023-04-26 11:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568677515 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568685983 The Iranian Revolution began following modernization reforms instituted by the well-disliked Shah of Iran, which insulted the culture and the desires of the Iranian people. This led to the Iranian Revolution, which resulted in the Shah fleeing the country and the establishment of the radical Islamic Republic of Iran. This also led to the Iran Hostage Crisis, in which 52 American civilians were held hostage by student protesters and Irani military personnel for 444 days before they were finally negotiated back to the US.]]> 2023-04-26 12:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568685983 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568693260 Rebel forces fighting against the previously installed and Soviet-backed communist regime in Afghanistan threatened the sanctity of Afghanistan as a communist nation. This prompted a response from the Soviet Union, which launched a full-scale invasion against the rebel forces in December of 1979, signaling the beginning of a 10 year long guerrilla war between the Soviets and Communist Afghan Government and the radical Sunni Muslim Mujaheddin movement. The war ended with a Soviet withdrawal from the region, which resulted in the continuation of the Afghan Civil War between varying factions.]]> 2023-04-26 12:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568693260 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568697284 Following a Soviet hockey team victory against the US hockey team with a score of 10-3, the US hockey team won a miracle game against the Soviet hockey team at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980, boosting Western morale.]]> 2023-04-26 12:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568697284 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568700802 Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the US boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in a show of support for the Afghan resistance forces.]]> 2023-04-26 12:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568700802 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568705520 US President Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative in March of 1983. This was an orbital defense system which would prevent nuclear warheads from striking US soil with concentrated nuclear lasers, radar signals, missiles, interception systems, etc.]]> 2023-04-26 12:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568705520 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568719832 The US intervened in Grenada following the Grenadian Civil War between the Cuban-backed Grenadian communist regime and the Grenadian Opposition, which was supported by the US when it invaded the island nation with over 7,300 troops. The civil war ended in the overthrow of the communist regime of Grenada and the establishment of a Western-backed government body.]]> 2023-04-26 12:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568719832 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568724772 In response to the US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics, the Eastern Bloc boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, costing the Olympics 14 previously participating nations.]]> 2023-04-26 12:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568724772 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568733234 Following political and economic problems in the USSR, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began political and socioeconomic reforms to better the condition of the Soviet economy and politics. These reforms adopted small businesses and the freedom of speech, which mostly backfired for him and took too much power away from the authoritative Soviet government.]]> 2023-04-26 12:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568733234 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568736997 Following a series of defeats against Afghan resistance forces and Soviet economic and political stress, the Soviet Union withdrew its military forces from Afghanistan, leading to the almost anarchic Afghan Civil War increasing in severity.]]> 2023-04-26 12:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568736997 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568740995 Following sociopolitical unrest and continuous economic failures, the nations of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania ousted their Communist governments in favor of more democratic ones, signaling the beginning of the end of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet influence over Eastern Europe.]]> 2023-04-26 12:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568740995 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568744848 The Tiananmen Square Massacre occurred after a series of Chinese student protests against the Chinese communist government were put down by force, resulting in the deaths of an unconfirmed number of civilian protesters.]]> 2023-04-26 12:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568744848 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568749775 Following a series of German civilian protests, a large group of East Berliners and West Berliners rushed the Berlin Wall, forcing the East and West Berlin guards to put down their arms and allow the crowds to break down the German wall by force, signaling the beginning of the end of Soviet occupation of East Germany.]]> 2023-04-26 12:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568749775 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568789333 Boris Yeltsin won the Russian presidential election of 1996 as a politically independent candidate against the communist party's candidates, signaling the end of communist leadership in Russia.]]> 2023-04-26 13:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568789333 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568797622 Following Soviet withdraw from East German occupation, Germany reunified in front of the Reichstag, signaling the end of Germany's foreign occupation.]]> 2023-04-26 13:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568797622 ebowyer24 https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568803192 Following a coup of the Soviet government, the Russian Federation was declared as an independent state from the United Soviet Socialist Republics, resulting in the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of 15 nations.]]> 2023-04-26 13:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebowyer24/jmznm301ouaf71gj/wish/2568803192