Cold War

By alyssagroth

  • Cold War begins, Yalta Conference

    February 4-11: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin. The Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War begins.

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill. He says, "An "iron curtain" has descended on Europe."

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition.
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    Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 month

  • NATO ratified

    NATO ratified

  • Berlin Blockade ends

    Berlin Blockade ends

  • Korean War BEgins

    Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons

  • A-bombs developed by Britain

    A-bombs developed by Britain

  • Korean War ends

    Korean War ends

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

  • USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan

    USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan

  • Egypt took control of Suez Canal

    Egypt took control of Suez Canal

  • Sputnik launched into orbit

    Sputnik launched into orbit

  • Sputnik II launched

  • Withdrawal of troops from Berlin

    Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin

  • Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

  • The Kitchen Debate

    Khrushchev visits United States; The Kitchen Debate

  • U.S. spy plane shot down over Soviet territory

    Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory

  • John F. Kennedy elected President

  • Bay of Pigs invasion

  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

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    U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • President Kennedy assassinated

  • Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • Announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam

  • Soviet Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt

  • Richard Nixon Elected President

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • SALT I signed

  • Cease fire in Vietnam

    Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States

  • President Nixon resigns

  • North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

  • SALT II signed

  • Soviet forces invade Afghanistan

  • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika."
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    President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe

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    Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles

  • Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan

  • Poland becomes independent

  • Hungary becomes independent

  • Berlin Wall is demolished

  • Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania

  • Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia

  • End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends