Cold War

  • Communist sieze power in poland

    Communist sieze power in poland
    Ukranians came in and took over Poland.
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    NATO was an intergovernmental military alliance.
  • Berlin Airlift ends

     Berlin Airlift ends
    Soviet Union had blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access.
  • China Civil War

    China Civil War
    Communists win Chinese Civil War.
  • U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government

    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government
    The CIA helped to overthrow the Iranian government.
  • Guatemalan Government

    Guatemalan Government
    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

    Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
    international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    the warsaw pact was a collective defense treaty with eight communist states.
  • Soviets launch first man made satellite

    Soviets launch first man made satellite
    Sputnik 1 was launched.
  • Meeting

    Meeting
    First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin  Wall
    East Germany builds Berlin Wall
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Confrontaiton between the United States and the Soviet Union with having missiles in Cuba.
  • China

    China
    China explodes its first atomic bomb.
  • United States and the Dominican Republic

    United States and the Dominican Republic
    U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic
  • Red Army

    Red Army
    Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.