Cold War

By anniemcg

  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    The beginning of the Cold War; Churchill declares an 'iron curtain' to divide Communism and Capitalism throughout Europe

  • Start of the Korean War

  • End of the Korean War

  • Warsaw Pact Created

    A treaty signed between the Soviet Union and their Satellite States agreeing to an alliance and for them to follow the Communist regime

  • Start of the Vietnam War

  • Start of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  • End of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  • American involvement in Vietnam War ends

  • End of the Vietnam War

  • Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

    Soviet forces are deployed in Afghanistan and the fighting begins.

  • Soviet Troops leave Afghanistan

    The Soviet Union agrees to leave. On this date the last of the Soviet troops are removed

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • The Soviet Union collapses

    The Soviet Union became a collection of post-Soviet independent states. The Cold War is officially over.