https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc en-us 2023-04-10 19:29:03 UTC 2023-04-24 19:49:21 UTC hello@padlet.com tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550744910 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]]> 2023-04-11 22:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550744910 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550751237 The Potsdam Conference would build on the Yalta Conference by demilitarizing and denazifying Germany and prosecute Nazi officials. ]]> 2023-04-11 22:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550751237 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550753233 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. ]]> 2023-04-11 22:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550753233 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550755472 This speech by Churchill stressed the importance of the United States maintaining peace against the Soviets in order to prevent disastrous outcomes]]> 2023-04-11 22:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2550755472 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557435746 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]]> 2023-04-17 18:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557435746 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557437796 This plan involved the US giving $15 billion worth aid to Western Europe to rebuild and re-establish democracy]]> 2023-04-17 18:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557437796 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557444151 Due to the Soviet blockade of pretty much all supplies West Berlin needed, the US and UK supplied them with resources via airlift.]]> 2023-04-17 18:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557444151 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557514383 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is established as a defense organization to protect the US and other allied nations from communism and potential war]]> 2023-04-17 19:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2557514383 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564673582 The Soviet retaliation to the NATO Alliance, joined the USSR and other Soviet states together in a political alliance.]]> 2023-04-23 15:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564673582 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564674760 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.]]> 2023-04-23 15:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564674760 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564676529 Typical American family found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death; spurs a second red scare, increases conformist and Mccarthyist ideas.]]> 2023-04-23 15:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564676529 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564678420 Hearings called upon by McCarthy to prove communist supporters in the military, goes too far and ultimately is denounced by the public]]> 2023-04-23 15:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564678420 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564680709 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]]> 2023-04-23 15:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564680709 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564690832 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.]]> 2023-04-23 16:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564690832 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564693476 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]]> 2023-04-23 16:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564693476 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564694639 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]]> 2023-04-23 16:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564694639 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564696959 Confrontation between the US and USSR that almost leads into nuclear war. Amplifies the Mutually Assured Destruction principal]]> 2023-04-23 16:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2564696959 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566144784 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 ]]> 2023-04-24 18:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566144784 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566152193 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.]]> 2023-04-24 18:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566152193 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566163335 A series of bombing campaigns that ultimately ended up in failure due to the Vietcong's tunnel ways and other protective barriers. ]]> 2023-04-24 18:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566163335 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566170706 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.]]> 2023-04-24 18:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566170706 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566177317 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.]]> 2023-04-24 19:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566177317 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566183609 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]]> 2023-04-24 19:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566183609 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566186140 A nuclear test ban treaty between the US, USSR, and Britain bans the testing of nuclear weapons under any circumstances.]]> 2023-04-24 19:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566186140 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566212755 The USSR and US agree to limited amounts of ballistic missiles and a limited number of missile deployment sites ]]> 2023-04-24 19:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566212755 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566215009 South Vietnam falls to the Vietcong ending the Vietnam war ]]> 2023-04-24 19:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566215009 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566217592 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.]]> 2023-04-24 19:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566217592 tlane252 https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566220192 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.]]> 2023-04-24 19:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tlane252/opce8p6lswnb9gcc/wish/2566220192