cold war timeline by https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c en-us 2021-05-24 17:30:41 UTC 2021-05-24 17:35:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Yalta Conference, 1945 elijahsf05 https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554670396 Yalta Conference, 1945
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. The meeting was held from February 4th to February 11th in Yalda, Russia. The main participants are Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. During this meeting, the Big Three discussed the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. 
]]> 2021-05-24 17:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554670396 Korean War, 1950-1953 elijahsf05 https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554673654 Battle between North Korea and South Korea, but it soon turned into a turned into a proxy war when the US and USSR got involved. This was the first proxy war between the US and USSR. The US was fighting to try to contain communism and prevent it from spreading. The USSR was fighting to try to promote communism and show how great it was. ]]> 2021-05-24 17:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554673654 Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961 elijahsf05 https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554679645 Failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba. It was fought by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. These exiles were trained by the US to prevent using US soldiers and prevent the US from being directly involved. ]]> 2021-05-24 17:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554679645 Berlin Wall Built, 1961 elijahsf05 https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554682533 A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic. The wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. ]]> 2021-05-24 17:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554682533 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 elijahsf05 https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554685154 US crisis where the Soviet Union supplied missiles to Cuba which put many US cities in a close and deadly proximity. A blockade was ordered as a way to stop the  ships from supplying missiles. The crisis was resolved by agreeing to demolish US missile sites in Turkey. ]]> 2021-05-24 17:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elijahsf05/xoxyf1ut3s07u25c/wish/1554685154