cold war

  • US first uses atomic bomb

    US first uses atomic bomb
    •In 1945 The Allies agree in Potsdam to the fundamental conditions of the occupation of Germany. American nuclear bombs destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Berlin blockade begins

    Berlin blockade begins
  • Korean war begins

    Korean war begins
  • Bay of pigs invasion

    Bay of pigs invasion
  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

    Construction of Berlin Wall begins
  • Announcement of dispatching of 150,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam

    Announcement of dispatching of 150,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam
  • North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

  • Berlin wall falls

    Berlin wall falls
  • Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends

  • End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends

    End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends