World War II meeting by head of the allies to decide what needed to be done after the end of the war.
Victory in Europe Day to celebrate the day Allied accepted the surrender of armed forces of Nazi Germany
When the allies gathered to figure out how to punish Nazi Germany for their war crimes.
Victory over Japan Day, to celebrate the day Japan surrendered.
American program to give Europe economic support.
The House Un-American Activities Committee investigates Communist activity in Hollywood.
When a list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and others were blacklisted on the belief that they were harboring Communist sympathy.
When the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to parts of Berlin under Allied power.
At a remote test site, the USSR detonate its first atomic bomb.
China's communist party successfully assume power over China.
When Joe McCarthy began prosecuting potential communists without truly knowing if they were communists.
War between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
The two are convicted and executed for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
A war in Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia that occurred over the U.S.'s attempt to halt communist takeover in South Vietnam.
When presidential candidate John F. Kennedy was inaugurated into office.
Physical division between West Berlin and East Germany
13-day confrontation between Soviet Union/Cuba and the United States. The closest turning point to a nuclear conflict and the first documented instance of the threat of M.A.D.
A monumental moment in American History, and also a day that put America in the lead for the Space Race.
The Berlin Wall is demolished.
The Soviet Union falls and the Cold War is ended.