Cold war

Cold War

By KelseyRobbins
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Agreement to temporarily divide Germany
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    Cold War Pictorial Timeline: Period 7 Kelsey Robbins

  • United States First used Atomic Bomb in War

  • Japanese Surrender (V-J Day)

  • Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech.

    Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech.

  • Marshall Plan is announced.

  • Berlin Blockade begins.

    Berlin Blockade begins.

  • NATO ratified.

    NATO ratified.

  • Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China.

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China.

  • USSR explodes first atomic bomb.

  • Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt.

    Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt.

  • Korean War begins.

    Korean War begins.

  • Rosenberg executions.

    Rosenberg executions.

  • Korean War ends.

    Korean War ends.

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel.

  • Warsaw Pact formed.

    Warsaw Pact formed.

  • Sputnik launched.

    Sputnik launched.

  • Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro.

    Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro.

  • U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

    U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

  • John F. Kennedy elected president.

    John F. Kennedy elected president.

  • Bay of Pigs invasion.

  • Construstion of Berlin Wall begins.

  • Cuban Missile crisis.

  • Saigon, South Vietnam falls to Communism.

  • Berlin Wall falls.

  • Soviet Empire falls.

  • Germany reunited.

  • U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

    U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War