17.2 Timeline

By KaylaGardner

  • Berlin Blockade

    One of the first major international crises of the cold war. Soviets blocked canal and railway access to the sectors.

  • Berlin Airlift

    While the soviets continued blocking railway, US used aircraft for military supplies.

  • Formation of NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This states that member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

  • National Security Council Report NSC-68

    58 page top secret policy paper issued, by the United States National Security Council. This policy issued the decision to make containment against global communism.

  • Korean War

    This war was between the republic side of Korea ( the south) and the democratic side of korea (the north)

  • President Truman fires General MacArthur

    This was for making commands into public statements that contradicted the administration's policies.

  • Formation of the Warsaw Pact

    This was a mutal defense treaty. This involved 8 communist states.

  • Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)

    This was a war between two countries that were close allies.