Cold War

By rlkap

  • Yalta Conference

  • Victory in Europe Day

  • Potsdam Conference

  • Japanese surrender

  • Iron curtain speech

  • Truman Doctrine

    The official declaration of the Cold War by President Truman, where the US declared to give support to those under threat from the Soviet Union.

  • Marshall Plan

    A financial recovery of Europe that Truman signed to give aid to help the rebuilding after WWII.

  • Berlin Blockade/airlift

    From June 24 1948 to May 12 1949
    After WWII, Germany was divided into Soviet union controlled and US controlled parts.

  • Comecon created

  • NATO established

    NATO is first military alliance and means North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • Korean war

    From June 25 1949 to July 27 1953
    Essentially, a war between North Korea and the UN, in which the UN employed US military forces to fight for them. The North Koreans invade South Korea in attempt to unite them, and the UN condemned the act and sent (US) troops in response.

  • China becomes communist

  • Vietnam is divided

  • Domino Theory

    The Domino Theory was the idea that if major countries would become under communist control, then other countries would as well.

  • KGB established

  • Warsaw Pact Established

    The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance between Eastern European communist countries, which included: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Hungary, and the Soviet Union

  • Vietnam War

    From November 1st 1955 to April 30th 1975
    The Vietnam War was a conflict between South Korea and Communist North Vietnam, where the US supported the South and the Soviet Union supported the North.

  • Suez Crisis

  • Sputnik

    First official satellite launched by the Soviet Union to be placed in orbit.

  • Fidel Castro takes over Cuba

  • U2 spy plane shot down

  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin)

    The first person to travel to space was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian citizen.

  • Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs was an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba led by the United Stated through cubans who fled to America. The goal of the mission was to overthrow Fidel Castro.

  • First American in Space(Alan Shepard)

  • Berlin Wall Built

    The Berlin Wall was a wall that divided east Berlin and West Berlin. It was instituted by the East Berlin Government in attempt to keep citizens of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    A conflict between the Soviet Union and United States due to the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba which threatened the safety of the US. It was a 13 day political and military standoff. People feared that it would lead to a nuclear war and is considered to be the "hottest" part of the Cold War.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident/ Resolution

  • Six-Day War

  • Tet Offensive

  • Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon

    The Apollo 11 was am American space craft that run by three men. The mission of Apollo 11 was to land on the moon, which was accomplished. The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong.

  • Yom Kippur War

  • Nicaraguan Revolution

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

  • Glasnost

    The policy of openly discussing political and social issues and freer spreading of information in the Soviet Union.

  • Perestroika

    The economic and political reform in the Soviet Union instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev.

  • Iran-Contra Affair

  • Poland becomes Independent

  • Hungary becomes Independent

  • Communist Governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

  • Tiananmen Square

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    The Berlin Wall is destroyed due to the change by the Communist Party of East Berlin to allow citizens to freely cross the borders. People from all of Germany came to the wall to participate in destroying it and to celebrate (unofficial) unification.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev takes office

  • Germany Reunites

  • Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia

  • Warsaw Pact Ends

  • USSR Dissolved