Cold war

Cold War

By collingilreath
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    The Cold War

  • World War 2 ends

  • Nato begins

  • Warsaw Pact formed

  • Soviet launches first man made satellite

    Soviet launches first man made satellite

  • China explodes first atomic bomb

  • US sends troops to dominican republic

  • Soviet red Army crushes uprising czech

  • President Richard Nixon visits China

    President Richard Nixon visits China

  • President Richard Nixon visits China.

  • US supported coup overthrows Chilean government

  • South Vietnam falls to communist forces.

  • Vietnam war ends.

    Vietnam war ends.

  • Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola

    Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola

  • Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola.

  • Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity Union formed.

  • U.S. invades Grenada

  • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.

  • Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government.

  • Berlin wall is broken down/German starts process of reunification

    East german guards are ordered not to fire on Germans wanting to go to west berlin

  • Germany decided to be joined together again in 1994

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