Cold War

By samueljoseph11
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    Cold War

  • European Communist government

    European Communist government

    First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

  • seize power

    Communists seize power in Poland Truman Doctrine announced.

  • U.S

    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government

  • U.S. sponsored coup

    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government.
    Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed.
  • Warsaw Pact formed.

    Warsaw Pact formed.

    Warsaw Pact formed. First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
  • Soviet and Cuban

    Soviet and Cuban

  • Polish shipyard

    Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity Union formed.

  • U.S

    U.S. invades Grenada.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

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

    George Bush

    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994