Cold War By Eli McGuffey 1945 US Uses Atomic Bombs on Japan to End WWII. 1945. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb 1948 Berlin Blockade and Airlift. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/berlin-airlift 1949 USSR Tests First Nuclear Weapon. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bomb-soviet-tests/ 1950 US Tests First Hydrogen Bomb. https://www.britannica.com/video/132217/operation-code-Mike-weapon-Enewetak-atoll-Marshall-November-1-1952#:~:text=In%20an%20operation%20code%2Dnamed,Islands%2C%20November%201%2C%201952.&text=What%20was%20the%20Manhattan%20Project%3F 1950 Korean War. https://www.history.com/topics/asian-history/korean-war 1957 The Space Race Begins. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/space-race 1960 USSR Tests the largest Nuclear Weapon Ever Built. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tsar-Bomba 1965 Vietnam War. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history 1983 Cuban Missile Crisis https://titanmissilemuseum.org/about/cold-war-timeline/