Brice's Cold War Timeline

By Brice.Landers

  • United Nations formation

    United Nations formation
    The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    In June 1948, the Soviet Union attempted to control all of Berlin by cutting surface traffic to and from the city of West Berlin

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact alliance of the East European socialist states is the nominal counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the European continent