Cold War

By tfcap
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill forecasts the coming Cold War in which the world will be divided into two spheres of influence.
  • Hollywood Ten Trials

    Hollywood Ten Trials

    Ten Hollywood actors and actresses are tried by the House Unamerican Activities Commission (HUAC) on various charges of sympathizing with communism.
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and 11 European countries created to protect against Russian aggression.
  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I

    The Soviet Union becomes the first to put an artificial satellite into space. Their success ignites a space race that will further fuel American-Russian competition.
  • Eisenhower's Farewell Address

    Eisenhower's Farewell Address

    President Eisenhower warns against the excesses of a military industrial complex in which defense spending would run rampant.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Tensions spike as the USSR begins building nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
  • SALT I

    SALT I

    The first agreement between the USA and USSR to limit their nuclear arsenals.
  • Vietnam War Ends

    Vietnam War Ends

    With American troops withdrawing, Vietcong forces capture the capital and establish a communist regime in Vietnam.
  • Glasnost and Perestroika Begin

    Glasnost and Perestroika Begin

    President Mikhail Gorbachev begins a process of greater openness and economic reform in Russia.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The wall restricting movement of people out of communist controlled Berlin is neutralized.