Cold war

  • Yalta comference

    Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins
  • Stalin hostile speech

    communism & capitalism were incompatible
  • Containment

    Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
  • Containment

    Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies
  • Containment

    Russia tested its first atomic bomb
  • H-bomb

    Truman approved H-bomb development
  • Nuclear Arms

    June 4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site
  • H-bomb

    H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
  • USSR

    USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers
  • Egypt took control of Suez Canal

    Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
  • A-bombs developed by France

    Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies
  • nuclear missiles resolve

    President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe
  • unrestricted migration

    Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany
  • President of Russia

    Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia
  • end of col war

    End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends