A Race to the End: A Timeline of the Cold War

By VMadril
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    The Cold War

  • Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin attend the Yalta Conference

    Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin attend the Yalta Conference

    From left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
  • World War II Officially Ends

    World War II Officially Ends

    Timeline Source Here's a picture of a newspaper printed in England detailing news of the end of World War II
  • Stalin and Churchill Give Ideology Speeches

    Stalin and Churchill Give Ideology Speeches

    Timeline Source Here's a picture of Churchill giving his delivery of his "Iron Curtain" Speech

  • Nuremburg Trials Begin

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  • Marshall Plan is Initiated

    Marshall Plan is Initiated

    Timeline Source Here's a picture of the Marshall Plan implementation in Europe
  • Trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

    Trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

    [Timeline Source](http:/http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/timeline//)
    Here's a mugshot of the Rosenbergs following their arrest
  • Stalin Dies

    Stalin Dies

    Timeline Source Here's a head shot of Stalin in his prime
  • Khrushchev Seizes Power

    Khrushchev Seizes Power

    Timeline Source Loverly picture of Nikita Krushchev after being elected leader of the USSR
  • Sputnik (Soviet satellite) Launched

    Sputnik (Soviet satellite) Launched

    Timeline Source Here's a picture of a crosscut of the Sputnik satellite, including Laika the dog that went to speace
  • JFK Elected US Presdient

    JFK Elected US Presdient

    Timeline Source JFK elected at a young age and many have doubts about his capabilities
  • Cuban Missile Crisis begins

    Cuban Missile Crisis begins

    Timeline Source Infamous for lack of communication and ineffective leadership in the Bay of Pigs
  • JFK Assassinated

    JFK Assassinated

    Timeline Source JFK Assassinated while on campaign tour in Texas
  • Americans land on the Moon

    Americans land on the Moon

    Timeline Source
    Buzz Aldrin credited with actually walking on the moon
  • Antiballistic Missile System Initiated

    Antiballistic Missile System Initiated

    Timeline Source Talks occured with USSR leader Brezhnev
  • NIxon visits USSR

    NIxon visits USSR

    Timeline Source Nixon visits USSR for the purpose of issuing talks to end Cold War
  • Talks between US and USSR over nuclear weapons begin

    Talks between US and USSR over nuclear weapons begin

    Timeline SOurce Meetings between Reagan and USSR leader Yuri Andropov began
  • Germany Reunified

    Germany Reunified

    Timeline Source
    Here's a picture during the reunification of Germany thus ending the Marshall plan in West Germany and Soviet rule in East Germany