Abdullah N's timeline

Yalta Conference: Leaders of the "big three" ( Stalin, Roosevelt, Chruchill) met to discuss hope for the future of Europe by co operating and negotiating with each other.

Bay of pigs invasion: A failed mission by the USA to push FIdel Castro from power by the invasion of 1400 amercian backed cubans

Berlin Blockade: An attempt by the soviet union to stop the france, britain, and the usa from reaching their sectors in berlin.

Berlin wall built: a wall seperating east and west berlin was built because about 2.6 million people from the east of germany left to the west for a better life.

Berlin wall torn down: milllions celebrated by picking away at the wall by hammers and they went through the checkpoints. This marks the end of cold war.

Cuban missile crisis: The usa and soviets were ina military standoff where both countries were ready to use military force. Many people thought a nuclear war was going to happen but, Kennedy and krushchev came to an agreement.

Czech uprising ( Prague Spring): after WW2, Czechoslovakia stressed consumer goods over agricultural and services. The Soviet Union then invaded them.

The long telegram: George Kennan argued that the US should use the containment method to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism.

German Reunification

Helsinki Accords: The US, Canada and other allies signed this to ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the US and its allies.

Nagasaki and Hiroshima bomb dropped: american bomber jets dropped two seperate nuclear bombs in the japenese cities killing thousands of innocent people.

iron curtain collapeses: Many used this term as a reference to the line that divided eastern and western Europe.

Nato setup: Made by Canada, US and other western countries in order to provide security against the Soviet Union.

Partial Nuclear test ban treaty signed: Leaders from the US, Soviet Union, and Britain signed this treaty, which banned the testing of nuclear weapons.

Potsdam Conference: It was the last meeting between the leaders of the "big three". They all discussed and agreed on Germany's economy, the amount of reparations and boundaries.

Cold War

Korean war: Started when communist North Korea invaded non-communist South Korea. many other countries became involved and many innocent casualties were caused as a result of the war.

Hungarian revolt: The Soviet Union invaded and halted the Hungarian revolution with their tanks and troops, killings thousands and hundreds of thousands fled the country.