Communism Timeline Hannah Chen by Chen, Hannah https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q en-us 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC 2025-10-13 16:14:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f95a.png Yalta Conference; Feb 4, 1945 – Feb 11, 1945 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409675 The Yalta Conference was a meeting of three World War II allies: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin. 

Following the German surrender. The goal was to ensure postwar peace and help the liberated peoples of Europe.
It divided Europe into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces. 

]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409675 Berlin Airlift; June 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409679 Berlin was split between the US/Britain (West) and Soviet influence (East). US and Britain were motivated to rebuild West Berlin, and the region prospered more than the Soviet East under the Marshall Plan (give resources to Europe to help rebuild so they don't turn to communism).

The Berlin Blockade was the Soviet Union's attempt to limit resources to the United States, Great Britain and France influenced West Berlin. The aim was to pressure the 2 million West Berliners into Soviet submission by starving them of their resources.

In response to the land route blockade to West Berlin, the United States began a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens. Supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin.]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409679 North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed; April 4, 1949, Washington, D.C. 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409680 Created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations in alliance against the Soviet Union.]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409680 China Divides into Two Countries (People’s Republic of China and Taiwan); 1949 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409681 End of the Chinese Civil war. China becomes two countries. Mainland china is occupied by the Chinese Communist Party, officially naming their state: The People’s Republic of China. The capitalist party fled to Taiwan and established the Republic of China.]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409681 Warsaw Pact formed; May 14, 1955, Warsaw, Poland 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409685 A collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and its Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. Created in response to NATO.]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409685 Berlin Wall built; August 13, 1961 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409691 Amidst the prosper of West Berlin (US and Britain), East Berliners (USSR controlled) began migrating to the West in search of economic prosper. Losing workers, the USSR built a wall to prevent anymore from crossing. They ordered the guards to shoot anyone who tried to cross. 

The Berlin Wall became a visible reminder of divided Europe and the repressive Communist era. ]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409691 Cuban Missile Crisis; Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409692 Closest to nuclear war
 USSR sent nuclear missiles to Cuba (very close to Florida, US)

Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba 
If the US takes their bombs out of Europe (Turkey and Greece)

]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409692 Fall of the Berlin Wall; November 9, 1989 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409695 At a routine press conference on November 9th, 1989, East German spokesperson Günter Schabowski was handed an announcement about relaxed travel regulations that had been written to satisfy unhappy East Germans. It lacked of review and preparation, so on national television, he mistakenly declared that the checkpoints in the Berlin Wall which up until then were guarded by soldiers with orders to shoot anyone trying to cross — were now open. East Berliners rushed to demand they be allowed to cross into West Berlin, in a frenzy of confused guards who were also unaware of the new regulations allowed the pass. 

That was it, the wall has fallen. The wall became pointless, but it still symbolizes the repressive USSR and the longstanding hope of Berliners. Berliners wielded pickaxes and hammers, to tear apart the visible symbol of a divided Europe. 
]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409695 Soviet Union Collapses; December 25, 1991 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409697 Communism failed as an economic system leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union into 14 smaller states. ]]> 2022-03-30 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121409697 Potsdam Conference; Jul 17, 1945 – Aug 2, 1945 2373562 https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121486332 Held in Potsdam, Germany. A meeting of the three allies (US, USSR, and Britain). To decide on postwar peace.

Britain pushed for Stalin to promise free elections in these states, but instead installed communist governments. (he did not)

US called for the unconditional surrender of Japan.

It also decided the remnants of Germany.]]> 2022-03-30 13:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2373562/m3gia46iiusiht5q/wish/2121486332