Cold war

Cold War Timeline

By jay_edge
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt to decide what to do after the war.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    Conference in which Germany and Austria were divided into 4 zones.
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Winston Churchill gave a speech about how the division of Europe.
  • The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine

    President Truman promised to aid any country under threat of communism.
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    The United States gave $13 billion to Europe to aid in rebuilding.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    Russia isolated half of Berlin so they had no access to food or supplies of any kind, so the US helped with rations.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    The US and the Soviet Union were in a race to get to space.
  • SALT

    SALT

    Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.
  • German Reunification

    German Reunification

    Germany joined east and west.
  • End of Soviet Union

    End of Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union disbanded.