Cold War

By jhildebrand

  • Event 1

    US bombs Hiroshima with the first atomic bomb.

  • Event 2

    US bombs Nagasaki; the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan.

  • Event 3

    Ho Chi Mihn proclaims the democratic republic of Vietnam.

  • Event 4

    US established gov of Syngman Rhee.

  • Event 5

    Harry Truman announces the Truman Doctrine

  • Event 6

    Winston Churchill makes Iron Curtain Speech in Missouri.

  • Event 7

    UN General Assembly calls for elections in Korea. This decides the future of North and South Korea.

  • Event 8

    Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.

  • Event 9

    The Democractic People's Republic is established in North Korea.

  • Event 10

    UN recognizes South Korea's gov.

  • Event 11

    NATO is founded to in opposition of the Soviet Union.

  • Event 12

    Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb.

  • Event 13

    China and Soviet Union sign a 30yr treaty of friendship.

  • Event 14

    North Korea invades South Korea. Korean War starts.

  • Event 15

    US and Soviet Union end Cold War.