Cold war

Cold War

By lovejmit

  • Chinese Revolution

    Chinese Revolution
    China, Japan, Soviet Union, + US
    The Chinese and Japanese fought, causing the US to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. The Soviet Union didn't trust the Chinese government.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, UN, + US
    Communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea, with China and the Soviet Union backing North Korea, and US and UN backing South Korea. Korea was divided into two hostile states at the 38th Parallel.

  • Uprising in Hungary: Part 1

    Uprising in Hungary: Part 1
    Hungarians, Nikita Krushchev, + Soviet Union
    Hungary's Imre Nagy declared Hungarian neutrality and appealed to UN for support.

  • Uprising of Hungary: Part 2

    Uprising of Hungary: Part 2
    Hungarians, Nikita Krushchev, + the Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union invaded Hungary and Nagy was executed.

  • Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 1

    Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 1
    US + Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. Sputnik was the first satelite to be put into outer space to orbit the earth.

  • Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 2

    Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 2
    US + Soviet Union
    Sputnik 2 was launched into orbit along with Sputnik. The Soviet Union was quick to put up satelites into outer space.

  • U2 Spy Plane Shot Down

    U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
    US + Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union shot down a US U2 spy plane 1,300 miles inside the Soviet Union. Tensions grew between the US and the Soviet Union.

  • Berlin Wall Goes Up

    Berlin Wall Goes Up
    US + Soviet Union
    A wall was built between East and West Berlin. Tensions even worsened between the US and the Soviet Union.

  • Cuba Missile Crisis

    Cuba Missile Crisis
    US, Cuba, + Soviet Union
    Soviet Union shipped nucler weapons to Cuba so they can reach the US. The US Navy stopped them 500 miles of the coast. US-Soviet Union tensions rose even more.

  • Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 3

    Sputnik Launched and the Space Race: Part 3
    US + Soviet Union
    US landed two men on the moon. There was six seperate Apollo missions pretty much declaring US winner of Space Race.

  • Russia Invades Afghanistan

    Russia Invades Afghanistan
    US, Soviet Union, + Afghanistan
    The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan which killed the SALT II agreement- provided limits to number of stategic weapons and nuclear missile launchers each side could produce. Tensions worsened even more.