Cold War Map by KELLER DRUM

Yalta Conference drafts Post-War plan (Feb 1945)

kdrum25 — 2024-03-27 13:24:10 UTC

Meeting between allied world leaders to help to discuss the reorganization of Europe. Some of these included how they would divide Germany. Trying to stop wars like this from ever happening again with diplomatic relations. One big thing that was tried to create was the Untied Nations. Another was the redrawing of Europe's borders and a major talking point was what to do with Poland. Although terms were met there these terms would be one of the main things that would bring the United States and USSR to disagreements and adding fuel to the cold war between them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945)

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This was the world's first use of the atomic bomb ever. The United States was the first country to develop a bomb this devastating. The Untied States invested tons and tons of time and money to be able to do this. These bombings led to Japan being bombed into submission and surrender. These bombings had a short but an even more longer lasting effect on the shape of the world. This show of power heightened the arms race between various world powers trying to obtain these new nuclear weapons. This would go on to create organizations to help lessen nuclear weapons being made.

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech (March 5, 1946)

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Winston Churchill went to Fulton Missouri to appeal to the common man instead of bigger cities and also being the home state of the president. During this speech Winston Churchill warned about the influence of communism growing in the Soviet Union and around the world. He spoke about the problems that such influence caused and called for the need to promote democracy around the world. This could be seen as one of the events that threw the United States into a cold war. And also one of the most significant speeches in the 20th century.

Truman Doctrine First Applied in Greek Civil War (March 12, 1947)

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Truman's hopes were to find the non-communism countries where there is already a civil war and to give them military aid to fight off the communists to help them win the civil war. It was known as the Truman Doctrine and this was the first time it was ever used. This doctrine works and successfully keeps Greece non communist. This hope was also trying to gain more alliances that would oppose the communism and help their fight for democracies around the world.

Marshall Plan Announced to Rebuild Europe (June 1947)

kdrum25 — 2024-03-27 14:18:45 UTC

It is named after a famous general in World War Two. All of Europe if leveled by bombs is in ruins. There are no jobs, infrastructure, food, and many others. This is how communism spreads so the United States and other democracies around the world are scared about what all this can bring. We give massive amounts of money to help them rebuild to try and stop them from being communists, hoping to buy them to become democracies since they are economically well off. They had one string attached if you needed things you had to buy them from the Untied States.

Berlin Blockade and Airlift (June 1948 - May 1949)

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The Berlin blockade was the Soviet's attempt to block out supplies getting into West Berlin to starve them into submission. However, the allies' response to this blockade was sending supplies over and dropping them from planes so they wouldn't starve. Showing how the allies could work together considering this was a logistical nightmare trying to get the supplies needed, shipped, and flown over in a timely manner.

NATO Alliance Formed (April 4, 1949)

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This was an alliance formed by countries in North America and Europe to try and counter the threat that the Soviets posed. This was a response to the growing tensions between all nations involved. This marked a significant shift in global politics following World War 2 showing a "community" now all fighting for one thing containing communism. This would help the MAD principal and prevent war from breaking out. The Warsaw Pact from the Soviets would later counter this.

Russia Tests its First Atomic Bomb (August 20, 1949)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-08 13:20:40 UTC

This event marked the entry of the Soviets into the nuclear arms race greatly affecting world tensions between many nations. This in turn greatly escalated tensions between the USSR and the United States. This was a successful test of the atomic bomb showing the capabilities that they could have. This changed the global balance of power and made then threw these countries even more into a nuclear arms race shaping how we live even today.

Mao Zedong Wins Chinese Civil War and Creates The People's Republic of China (October 1, 1949)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-08 13:41:05 UTC

There are nationalists but there is a communist faction and a non communist faction in China. This is what starts the civil war. Mao leads the communists but they are losing. Then Japan invades and commits many atrocities. Then they communists and non communists come together to help combat Japan. We help them when Japan surrenders. This kicks back off the civil war the non communists are helped by the United States and then the communists are helped by the USSR. Then the communists win with the people of aid from the Soviet union. The non communists then fled to Taiwan. To this day it is called the Republic of China. Then the mainland is the peoples Republic of China.

McCarthyism and The Red Scare Takes Hold in The US (February 1950)

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Trying to stop the spread of communism without the start of World War III. The loss of China scares the United States and we are losing the Cold War. This leads to a panic across the United States. There is a high concern for national security with spies being in the United States. But this turns out of control and then they are thinking that everyone can be a spy. It shows up in many documents across the United States. McCarthyism is the worst of this. He is a nobody so he wants to take the spotlight however he can. He walks into the Senate floor and says he has a list of all of the communist spies and runs on this saying if he wins he will get rid of all of these communist sympathizers. The whole country gets wrapped up and makes it worse. Eventually, he is discredited but not before causing mass panic in the United States.

Korean War (1950-1953)

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During World War 2 Korea is occupied by Japan. The South surrendered to the United States while the North surrendered to the Soviet Union. They both implement their own systems of government helping to further their own politics. In 1950 they invaded South Korea and caught them off guard. They then race in with the help of the United Nations to help the South from the North Koreans. With an amphibious attack, the United States helped to regain the South and then marched into the North. This in turn brings in China and its one million soldiers now the United States is outnumbered. The war now draws out 2 more years and then it settled into a stalemate and then there is a cease-fire with North Korea and South Korea ending the fighting but not ending it completely.

H-Bomb Tested by USA (March 1, 1954)

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The hydrogen bomb had never been used or proven that it would work. It is thousands of times stronger than an atomic bomb. It was called the "Ivy Mike" test it was the first time this was ever used. This was estimated to be 10.4 megatons of explosive power. This was the first successful test of hydrogen bombs and one of the most powerful explosions ever created. They used the same physics that the sun uses to create so much power and energy. With this test there was a impact on Bikini Atoll's ecosystem with long lasting ecological damage. This increased the arms race between the USSR and USA this would now also create new ways to deliver nukes better than the other heightening tensions even more.

KGB Established (March 1954)

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It stands for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti. This was a state security for the Soviet Union. They gathered intelligence, created counterintelligence, and also maintaining political security in the USSR. This new intelligence agency is comparable to the CIA. This also wasn't just confined to the borders of the Soviet Union they would place their spies overseas to gain information and also spread disinformation. They were a powerful organization until the USSR fell in 1991. This also created the intelligence race between the two world powers.

CIA helps overthrow unfriendly governments in Iran and Guatemala (March 1954)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-10 13:55:22 UTC

The central intelligence agency used many different forms of misinformation and direct action to create 2 coup d'états one in Iran and also in Guatemala. With the oil in Iran, it threatened BP and the British government because of this the intelligence agencies overthrew the government to get oil back into hands that they could trust. Also in Guatemala, they overthrew the government, and there were land reforms that hurt us corporations so to get what the US wanted it created a coup. The long term effects are still seen to this day. Both of these countries were communist also another driving factor in trying to overthrow their government. This also showed the political power that the CIA had around the world.

Warsaw Pact Formed (May 1955)

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The USSR created this in response to the US and other allied forces creating NATO. It established many communist countries an allies. It was a collective defense treaty among the communist states in Eastern Europe. This aimed to have all of the communist countries' military in cooperation in case of an all-out war. They now did military joint exercises and intelligence sharing all in hopes of trying to combat the US allies in NATO. This would remain in effect until 1991 when the USSR fell.

The Transfermium Wars Begin (1955)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-11 13:10:02 UTC

Both countries were trying to get these materials on the periodic table so they could make nuclear bombs with nuclear fission. Also, there was a race to try and find new periodic elements, and if it was possible to discover new ones they would then call that element after the country where it was found. Just another way that they were trying to beat the other side. This rivalry between US research facilities and also the USSR was a race to name new elements. This wasn't just limited to these two countries this was a worldwide race for any country to try and find a new element. Even after the cold war ended there were still implications of this "war" trying to be the best that the country could be.

Rebellion Put Down In Hungary (November 1956)

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There was a nationwide revolt against the communist Soviet Union in Hungary. It was first a student demonstration but then was publicly backed by the Hungarian population. They wanted many political reforms more freedom and for the USSR troops to leave. Instead of granting this to Hungary, they responded with military force. With this overwhelming force, it was suppressed with many casualties swiftly. This would install an even harder communist force in Hungary and also pave the way for a more anti-communist argument.

USSR Launches First ICBM (August 1957)

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This new technology was first discovered and then implemented and test by the Soviet Union. This made nuclear warheads to be delivered even 5,000 miles away remotely and not by a plane. This was a new technology that countries had been trying to use for years but the USSR was the first to use it. This heightened tensions and the arms race between the countries even more. It showed the scientific capabilities of the USSR and also led to concerns about the balance of power and also a growing threat of nuclear war.

Sputnik Launched into Orbit (October 4, 1957)

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The Soviet union were also the first country to develop the worlds first artificial satellite into Orbit around the earth. This marked the beginning of the space age and sparked the space race between the US and USSR. It was a small satellite that only transmitted a radio signal but still showed the Soviet Union's understanding and implementation of new technologies that the US didn't have at the time. This in turn helped to create many space programs around the world.

Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba (January 1959)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-11 13:35:56 UTC

Fidel Castro took power in Cuba after overthrowing the Cuban government. With overthrowing the Cuban government he implemented new ideas of communism. This would create a close tie with the Soviet Union furthering their rule and communist ideas even more. This new government in Cuba would be one of the main reasons for the Cuban Missile crisis and many other conflicts between the USSR and US with the close geographical location of Cuba to the US.

U2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over the USSR (May 1960)

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A spy Plane that was sent over to Russia was shot down in the stratosphere. The plane has really long wings to try and stop radars from getting them and are also used to fly so high that they couldn't be shot down with missiles. They used these u2 spy planes at the time to take pictures of military bases and strategic installations since satellites weren't used at the time. This looked really bad for the United States.

Failed Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 1961)

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Cuba used to be a place like Vegas where people would love to go. But now that they were a communist regime it wasn't the United States didn't like them being in their backyard. CIA rounds up anti-communist exiles to try and overthrow the government that the United States secretly trained in Guatemala to overthrow Castro. They are then dropped off at the Bay of Pigs. The original plan was to provide air support, but the United States never did, and they were demolished. They were captured and interrogated and then everything was made public that the United States did. This would now open up the Cuban Missile Crisis when they gave Cuba Missiles and the United States was uneasy about how close nuclear warheads were.

Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 29, 1962)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 13:08:00 UTC

This is the closest we have ever been to a thermonuclear war. After the bay of pigs invasion the Cubans wanted protection from the United States and the USSR were more than happy to give them weapons to protect them. With this the United States now has the USSR's missiles only 120 miles away. We have U2 spy planes going overhead and taking pictures of what was going on in Cuba. It was then found that there were many bases that could house nuclear missiles. The treaty was done backdoor where the Russians had to take it out of Cuba, the United States had to promise not to invade Cuba, and lastly although not publicly known the Untied States had to take our missiles out of Greece and Turkey.

Construction of Berlin Wall begins (August 17, 1961)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 13:16:09 UTC

The Berlin was created by East Germany to stop citizens from leaving and going to west Berlin. It had concrete walls, guard towers, and many other fortifications. This wall fell in 1989 helping to pave the way for German reunification instead of being split into an East and west part and being communist and non communist and they would all be under one goal.

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Ratified (July 1963)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 13:20:14 UTC

This treaty is just how it sounds it aimed to try and limit the testing of nuclear warheads. This would be one step towards global peace and security. It would be both a commitment between the Unites States and also the USSR and many other nations with incentives for limiting nuclear proliferation and also trying to start to disarm countries. It was a positive in the Cold War with both sides seeing the deadly implications that a nuclear war could have on the world.

Gulf of Tonkin incident and resolution (August 1964)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 13:29:16 UTC

This was one of the driving factors into starting the Vietnam War. Vietnam used to be a colony under France and they had a revolution and won and now were an independent country. The new leader was a communist and the United States didn't like it. So we put in a democratic leader in the south and there was a communist leader in the North. This now turned into a civil war between communists and capitalists. This is a proxy war between the United States and also the USSR. But then the United States Navy was attacked by the North Vietnamese boats. It is unclear the chain of events that happened. It is believed that there are 2 attacks. The first time it is thought that a torpedo was heard but nothing happened some think it didn't happen. But the second time it was believed to happen. Now the United States were mad and then the LBJ went to Congress and was given basically a blank check to defend the Navy however he wants to. Then it begins to build and build and build until it blows into a full fledged war.

US Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism (April 1965)

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Just like Cuba the United States were worried about communism spreading so close to it's border. Scared a communist leader would come into power the United States intervened. LBJ sent 23,000 US marines to the Dominican Republic to stop the establishment of the Communist regime. This was controversial and also just added fuel to the fire about LBJ being unpopular and supporting war and people said that it violated exactly what we stand for. But others argued that it needed to happen to prevent the spread of communism so close to our borders. This deployment would help to stabilize the Dominican Republic but also sparked the debate about is the United States doing too much and abusing it's power and morals in the Cold War.

US announcement to dispatch 200,000 US troops to Vietnam (July 1965)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 13:46:24 UTC

The United States had troops stationed in many places around the world to try and stop the spread of communism; however this deployment would be the biggest yet. This was LBJ's escalation of what would turn into the Vietnam War. He now sent these 200,000 troops to help support the anti-communist efforts in south Vietnam that were fighting a civil war. This marked a turning point in the Vietnam War with a substantial increase to funding and also personnel in the region. This was only the start of the US involvement in the War and would help to to become one of the most controversial wars in United States history.

B-52s Bomb N. Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder (1966)

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B-52 are massive bombing planes that fly over the North Vietnamese with their massive holding capacity they drop a substantial amount of bombs. We drop more bombs onto the Vietnamese than we do in all of WWII. We try and bomb them into submission. They suffer massive casualties and widespread destruction. It somewhat gets them to the table for a Treaty but not completely yet. They do this trying to use airpower to win the war instead of using men to reduce casualties as well.

Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt (August 1968)

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Sometimes called the prauge spring. Russian armies are liberating eastern Europe from Nazi control. In the process of this there are now communist governments that are propped up from the USSR. They set up puppet governments to do what the USSR tells them to do. Some of these countries are fed up with being dominated by the USSR. There are many protests wanting some of their freedoms. To respond to this they send in troops and tanks to put down these protests and absolutely crush them.

Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon (July 20, 1969)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 14:20:14 UTC

This was the first time a manned mission had been made to the Moon ever. This also showed the the United States had superior scientists and also "won" the space race trying to reach the moon. Although they "won" there was still more that both countries wanted accomplish. This helped to show the technological advancements that not only the country had made but also the advancements for humans in general now being able to go outside of the earth. But still gave the US "massive bragging rights". Helping to show the dominance that they had over the USSR.

Publication of the Pentagon papers (1971)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-24 14:26:04 UTC

There was a military analysts that worked for the government included top secret and incriminating information for the Vietnam War. There were many lies told by politicians to the public. There were many times that the US had involvement in Vietnam but the public knew nothing. The president tried to get the times to stop printing but this was stopped by the supreme court. This now showed the public not to completely trust what's going on in the government and hurt the credibility of the Untied States Government.

President Nixon visits China (February 1972)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:09:56 UTC

The term for it in the Cold War is detente. This is called lessening tensions. Nixon is very anti-communistic a hard-line and old-school person. They start the process of reestablishing economic and diplomatic relations. This is the beginning of China's rise to the economical manufacturing powerhouse we see today. This was an attempt to separate China from the USSR. They don't want them to have a united front.

SALT I signed (July 1972)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:18:24 UTC

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty is what it stands for. This says that if you stop making them then we will. This helped to lessen tensions. They wanted to help reduce the amount of interbalistic missiles for both. This is a crowing achievement in Dixon's presidency. Over time they grew there were more warheads on one ICBM so to counteract this another SALT II needed to be signed later. A fairly successful document helps to keep it in check.

US supported coup overthrows Chilean government (September 1973)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:19:13 UTC

This was mainly the CIA's doing most like any government coup. They helped to destabilized Allende's government because of his socialist policies. They helped groups that directly opposed their leader at the time and helped to orchestrate the coup that led to Allende's downfall. This had a big impact on the Cold War because these socialist ideals was thought to be seen as communist. However, this helped to shift the power back to the United States expanding their influence even more. This would later lead to many humanitarian crises with political violence and human rights issues.

Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid (October 1973)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:31:35 UTC

This surprise attack was made because of territorial disputes along with political objectives. They wanted to recapture lost land from the 6 day war in 1967, and also to restore national pride after losing such land. During this war, they made significant land gains in the first couple of days and then after they requested aid from the USSR. This was significant because the United States back Israel pitting both countries against one another. This was significant because this ended the cease-fire put into place by the Untied Nations and also once again pitted the United States aginast the USSR in the Cold War.

S. Vietnam falls to Communist N. Vietnam (April 17, 1975)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:37:37 UTC

This was after the withdraw of Untied States troops. With the majorly weakened South Vietnam government they fell not being able to withstand the shear power of the North Vietnamese. With this victory over the South Vietnamese this meant that the country was now under communist control. This was a massive loss for the United States after throwing so much manpower and money into something that they didn't win. This showed some of the military limitations that the United States had trying to limit the spread of communism. This prompted the United States to be more careful in the global affairs that they inflict themselves with changing US foreign policy as well.

Soviet and Cuban forces help to install Communist government in Angola (February 1976)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 13:43:45 UTC

The USSR and Cubans helped the communist movement of the People's Movement for Liberation of Angola (MPLA) with help to establish a communist government in Angola. Aid included weapons, training, and even military aid. The Cubans helped directly with providing troops and other military weapons. This significantly tipped the power to the MPLA. This ultimately helped them create government under the "control" of the USSR. This heightened tensions with countries in Africa because most of them were not necessarily centralized and this showed that the Soviets had and could capture countries all over the world.

US and China officially establish diplomatic relations and trade & Panda Diplomacy (January 1979)

kdrum25 — 2024-04-29 14:01:53 UTC

We now have full diplomatic relations and trade with China. This helped their rise in the 80's and 90's. With this China starts to send them Pandas. If that country recognized China as an independent nation the government would let them rent a panda for a million a year. This was after China had cut relations with Moscow. These pandas helped to show diplomatic relations and can even be shown toady.

Sino-Vietnamese War (February 1979)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-01 13:38:08 UTC

This was after the Vietnam War two years later it falls into North Vietnam and now it was communist. Now communist Vietnam and communist China fight over border disputes. China thinks they are going to destroy them. It's a draw and it's fairly short and it only lasts a year. A showing that it's not always communism vs non-communism. Vietnam sees them as a threat as they have always been oppressed by the Chinese.

Shah of Iran overthrown; Iran Hostage Crisis begins (November 1979)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-01 13:47:08 UTC

The United States is a big ally to Iran. We have helped to prop up a monarchy. We did this because they have oil and many riches. We have helped them stop coming to communism. The Sha who is the king is very modern and also Western. He wants capitalism and many of the West's ideals. He is overthrown. Now that he is overthrown it is now a theocracy he's called the idotola. They start implementing Islamic law which is a 360. The new government wants the Sha back and now the Iran hostage crisis has started. The US embassy was stormed and they took 60 American staff hostage and held them hostage for more than 1 year. Jimmy Carter is the president at the time and he sends in a rescue mission. This was a failed mission and it wrecked his presidency. The hostages are released the day after Regan became president.

Soviet forces invade Afghanistan (December 1979)

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The Soviets pounced at the idea of the being able to back the Marxist government when there was a rebellion. The government at the time asked for military assistance to suppress the rebellion and maintain control over their population. The Soviets wanted this country as a buffer state in the region because they were scared of Islamic ideology spreading to their neighboring friendly countries. They also didn't want Afghanistan to be another country that the United States backed. This also had implications on the Cold war. The United States backed the other side with weapons and financial aid. The soviets eventually withdrew in 1989, but this only added to the arms race between the two.

US Hockey defeats USSR at winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY (Feb 22, 1980)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-01 14:02:03 UTC

This was called the miracle on ice. This victory was more than just a gold metal. The Americans were underdogs and they ended up beating the soviets. This was a huge moral boost it showed that the Americans had great teamwork, worked hard, and were resilient. This was a symbolic victory and also gave the United States a sense of national pride.

US Boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow (June-Aug 1980)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-01 14:05:56 UTC

Although it was just a sporting event this was a major statement that the United States wasn't in it. This was in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Because of this, they led a boycott through many countries that banded together not participating in the summer Olympics. The boycott showed heightened tensions between the two and ideological conflict towards the end of the war.

Reagan proposes SDI or “Star Wars” (1983)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:04:45 UTC

Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative this was made to develop a missile defense technology to protect the United States from potential nuclear attacks. This was a hope that we could find a way to put these up in space and they would help to intercept these missiles why they were in space. This would help "phase" out the effectiveness of nuclear warfare if we were able to do this. This only heightened tensions, but would later lead to the negotiations of arms control.

US troops invade and overthrow regime in Grenada (October 1983)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:12:25 UTC

The Untied States invaded Grenada which is a small island in the Caribbean to overthrow a Marxist government/group that had come to power. They did so in another coup. This was called "Operation Urgent Fury" this was done so we basically didn't have another Cuban Missile Crisis with Grenada being so close. The US government did so to restore order and democracy, but it was very controversial and some people thought we intervened when we shouldn't have. This was a successful coup and it established a democratic government in Grenada. This also showed the shear power of the United States especially in the Caribbean.

Eastern Bloc boycotts LA Summer Olympics (July-Aug, 1984)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:19:38 UTC

This was the Soviets response when the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics. It was the Soviet Union along with some of its allies: East Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria are some of the most notable. The United States chose to stay out of the Moscow Olympics since the USSR invaded Afghanistan and now they weren't in the Olympics to prove a point. This decreased the competition in the Olympics because there were such good athletes from these countries.

Gorbachev begins “glasnost” and “perestroika” in efforts to reform the USSR (1985)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:32:32 UTC

This was a significant shift in Soviet policy and was marked as the beginning of the Cold war. These policies were implemented to help the country get more government transparency and freedom of speech. There was less censorship and more public discussion of politics. He wanted to address corruption and wanted a more engaged and open society. Also helping for economic reforms encouraging private enterprises with elements of capitalism and competition. This had profound impacts in the USSR but also globally starting the end of the Cold War.

Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan (January 1989)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:37:34 UTC

This marked the end of a decade long intervention in Afghanistan with the Soviets troops now leaving. There were many factors like the cost of the war, toll on their troops, and failure to achieve objectives. Also Gorbachev's policy's shifted their standing on certain foreign policies. This was significant for the Cold War showing the decline of Soviet influence staring the beginning of the end. But the instability of the country lead to a civil war leading to the rise of the Taliban.

Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania oust Communist governments (1989)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:42:24 UTC

This was called the "Fall of Communism" or "Revolution of 1989" this was a political with governments changing to democratization. There was a change in rule through the strikes and protests in these many different countries. This was absolutely massive marking the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe and helped the collapse of the Soviet Union contributing to the end of the Soviet bloc and the end of the Cold War.

Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 1989)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-02 13:49:47 UTC

This was also called the June Fourth incident when Chinese troops violently suppressed pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. They had been going on for weeks when students and workers called for more freedoms and to end corruption in the government. They declared martial law and moved the military to take care of the protestors and remove them. They used live ammunition and tanks which led to many casualties some estimated thousands were killed and many more were injured or arrested. This sparked worldwide condemnation and led to outrage that a government would do such a thing. This created repercussions for China's international relations and showed the effects that an oppressive government could have.

Berlin Wall Falls (November 1989)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-13 13:03:07 UTC

This is a major win for the United States both countries have a mass amount of debt. Before the USSR's collapse they slowly lose the power that they had in Eastern Europe. In 1989 the East Germans tear down the Berlin Wall. This turns into the most iconic image of the fall of the Soviet Union because it was a big symbol of their oppression. Then Germany is reunified after.

Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia (May 1990)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-13 13:18:24 UTC

He follows the previous leader. He is elected president of Russia not president of the Soviet Union. The countries within the USSR are like governors. He is elected president in Russia. He leads Russia to declare independence from the USSR. There was an attempted coup but it was a failed attempt and the Russia soldiers when ordered to fire on the crowd didn't this is one of the first falls of the Soviet Union.

Germany Reunited (October 3, 1990)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-13 13:35:11 UTC

Now both West and East Germans came together. They used to be separate powers and now they are together. The East Germans were over communism because it hadn't been working for decades. This had almost scared everyone since the Germans being United was what had started both world wars. This was also unexpected because it was so sudden it was like one night they were separate and now they are together. They are now called one of the most important economies in Europe. They are miraculous and they lose both wars and then after they still restore themselves even though it was 80 years after the first time.

The Fall of the Soviet Union (August 1991)

kdrum25 — 2024-05-13 13:43:31 UTC

This doesn't take long after one of the 15 countries declared independence and nothing was done to stop it. The Soviet Union is no longer a thing and the United States won the Cold War. It was first due to the economic and political failures and then just gone. There were many policies that would lead to the collapse of the Union. There were many factors that would lead to the fall of the soviet Union however it is hard to get a clear answer.

How Did the United States Wage The Cold War? (May 22, 2024)

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