cold war

Nato and warsaw pact

Jan 4, 1949

us and canada and 9 other countries formed an alliance they pledged to help each other if any of them were attcked

nuclear arms race and detent

Period: Jan 4, 1949 to Jan 4, 1953

chinese civil war

Jan 7, 1949

communist

Jan 25, 1954

warsaw pact

Jan 4, 1955

soviet union responded to nato by forming it's own aliance called the warsaw pact. soviets resorted to keep their satellites in order

fidel castro took over the country

Jan 7, 1959

berlin wall

Jan 4, 1961

Berlin was split into 2 sections - west berlin being democratic. east berlin beingcommunist

missle

Jan 7, 1962

americans and soviet arms control agreament

Jan 7, 1970

soviets inafghanistan

Jan 25, 1979

soviets became in volved in a long war.

eastern evropean independence

Period: Jan 25, 1980 to Jan 25, 1989

poland held its first free election