Coldwarcover

Cold War

By Dom Klaschen

  • Tensions Rise

    Almost instantly after the end of World War II there was disagreements between the United States and the Soviet Union leaded to the so called Cold War

  • Iron Curtain Speech

    Winston Churchill delivers his famous Iron Curtain speech in which he states "an iron curtain has descended on Europe..." referring to the Berlin Wall and secretive communist practices

  • Russia Tests Their Fist Atomic Bomb

    The USSR conducts their first atomic bomb test code named RDS-1 at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan

  • Harry Truman Approves H-Bomb Development

    Truman approved order approving the full development of hydrogen bombs for production and delivery

  • Arms Race Heightened

    The arms race between the United States and Soviet Union intensifies as U.S. carries out 11 explosions at Nevada test site

  • Suez Crisis Begins

    Suez Crisis begins with an Israeli attack on Egyptian forces

  • Soviet Vostok Rocket Launched

    Soviet Union launches the Vostok rocket designed for the human spaceflight program. Vostok was the first artificial satellite and the first crewed spacecraft in human history.

  • Soviet Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik was the first orbiting satellite launched in human history

  • Communism Speads to Cuba

    Cuba is taken over by dictator Fidel Castro, alarming the United States with an opposing communist nation so close (https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro)

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis began when the Soviet Union began installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. The United States wouldn't let them and after many tense days of negotiating the Soviet Union agreed to remove them

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Signed

    The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty states that nuclear weapon testing cannot be conducted on the ground, in the atmosphere, in outer space, or underwater. Nuclear weapons can only be tested underground and all radioactive debris must stay in the countries borders

  • 200,000 Soliders Sent to Vietnam

    200,000 men were sent to Vietnam, fighting against North Vietnam to stop the spread of communism

  • Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon

    The United States Apollo 11 is the first manned spacecraft to land on and return from the moon, winning the space race against the Soviet Union

  • United States Withdraws From Vietnam

    At the signing of the Paris Peace Accords America states that they will withdraw all troops from Vietnam and both sides agree to cease fighting in Laos and Cambodia

  • Remove All Intermediate Nukes From Europe

    President Regan and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe in intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty

  • Berlin Wall Demolished

    The Berlin Wall was demolished and people were allowed unrestricted migration