# COLD WAR / 1945-1991 Canonical URL: https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-history-cold-war Raw HTML URL: https://content.shipslides.com/d/catalog-history-cold-war/raw Category: History Slides: 14 Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:40.257Z Tags: catalog, history, cold, war ## Summary SUBJECT: ORIGIN 1945 FILE 002/13 // SECTION 02 — POSTWAR CONFIDENTIAL THE BREAK CODENAME // YALTA-POTSDAM May 1945 — the swastika falls in Berlin. By August, Tokyo Bay surrenders. The victors meet, smile for photographers, and divide the world. Key sections include: COLD WAR; 1945 — 1991; THE BREAK; CONTAINMENT; THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED; KOREA — THE FIRST HOT WAR; WARSAW PACT; CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; VIETNAM — THE LONG DEFEAT; MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION. ## Slide Outline 1. COLD WAR 2. 1945 — 1991 3. THE BREAK 4. CONTAINMENT 5. THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED 6. KOREA — THE FIRST HOT WAR 7. WARSAW PACT 8. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 9. VIETNAM — THE LONG DEFEAT 10. MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION 11. THE OTHER WAR 12. THE WALL FALLS 13. WHAT IT TAUGHT US 14. FURTHER ORDERS ## Related Decks - [Cold War Spies](https://shipslides.com/d/history-cold-war-spies) - [The Cold War](https://shipslides.com/d/history-cold-war) - [WORLD WAR II / 1939-1945 — Broadsheet Edition](https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-history-world-war-ii) - [REVOLUTIONS // The 20th Century](https://shipslides.com/d/catalog-history-20th-century-revolutions)