Events
During this event, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at the end of WW2 and agreed to establish pro-soviet government in Eastern Europe, divide Germany into foe zones, and agreed to establish the United Nations.
Yalta Conference
Leader of the Soviet Union during both WW2 and the beginning of the Cold War. Also had a very nice mustache.
Joseph Stalin
An international body that replaced the League of Nations and was composed of a General Assembly and a Security Council.
The United Nations (UN)
A massive infusion of American capital to rebuild the European economy.
Marshall Plan
The largest nuclear bomb tested by the Soviet Union during The Cold War and is also the largest bomb ever tested.
Tsar Bomba
This occurred when U.S. reconnaissance discovered Soviet missile bases inside a nearby communist country. The U.S. then installed a blockade around this country, prohibiting the Soviets form sending offensive military equipment in.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The first Catholic president of the United States, he won the 1960 pesidential election through a series of televised debates and brought a "New Frontier" to Washington. His term was mind blowing.
John F. Kennedy
A peacetime military alliance between the United States and 11 other countries that stated an attack on one or more of these countries would be an attack on all of them.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A defence policy that stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long range bombing capabilities. This also kicked off the arms race.
New Look policy
The U.S had plans to detonate an atomic bomb on this famous object to show military dominance over the Soviet Union.
The Moon
A report conducted by the National Security Council that described the Soviet Union as a "fanatic faith" that sought to "impose absolute authority." It also called for an increase in military development and an increase in taxes to support said development.
NSC-68
This leader of the Soviet Union denounced his predecessor and called for "peaceful coexistence" with the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev
Founded by John F. Kennedy, this organization consisted of citizens who devoted two or more years to volunteer projects around the world.
Peace Corps
The American responsibility to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures."
Truman Doctrine
This $20 million CIA operation involving extensive mechanical augmentations on a U.S. agent ended in an unfortunate accident with a taxi cab.
Operation Acoustic Kitty
A meeting that happened outside of Berlin in which Harry Truman replaced the deceased Roosevelt and attempted to stand up against Stalin and advocate for self determination, which failed.
Potsdam Conference
The communist leader of the Vietminh who seized control of North Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
A military alliance created by the Soviet Union in Eastern EUrope that included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, oland, and Romania.
Warsaw Pact
This idea was created by president Eisenhower and argued that if Vietnam fell into communist hands, all other governments in to region would also fall to communism.
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to halt The Cold War in the event of this unlikely scenario.
Alien Invasion
The CIA operation in which Cuban exiles were trained to start an anti-Castro uprising inside Cuba ended with disaster in this event.
Bay of Pigs invasion
A Wisconsin senator who conducted a virulent smear campaign against his opponents during the Red Scare. His popularity plummeted after attempting an investigation into the U.S. Army.
Joseph McCarthy
Greatly contributed to the Red Scare by holding widely publicized hearing on alleged communists in the film industry. They got Charlie Chaplin deported.
House Un-American Committee (HUAC)
The idea that American forces would assist any nation in the Middle East that required "against overt armed aggression from any nation controlled by international Communism."
the Eisenhower Doctrine
This Cold War communist leader survived the most assassinatation attempts in history, with up to 600 attempts on his life, including an exploding cigar, exploding sea shell, poisoned pen, skin disease, and chemicals that would make his beard fall out.
Fidel Castro