Cold War

By Adhina

  • Yalta Conference

    Meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins

  • VE Day

    Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin

  • Postdam Conference

    Germany was officially partitioned into four zones of
    occupation.

  • US bombs Hiroshima

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little
    Boy' kills 80,000)

  • RUSSIA Vs. JAPAN

    Russia declares war on Japan

  • US bombs Nagasaki

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills
    70,000)

  • Japanese surrender End of World War II

  • Emperor surrender broadcast - VJ Day

  • Stalin Hostile Speech

    Communism & capitalism were incompatible

  • "Sinews of Peace"

    Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain"
    has descended on Europe"

  • US Demands Russia to Leave Iran

    Truman demands Russia leave Iran

  • 1st public demonstration of US atomic arsenal

    Operation Crossroads with Test Able was the first public demonstration of
    America's atomic arsenal

  • Test Baker

    America's Test Baker - underwater explosion

  • CONTAINMENT -- Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

  • Rio Pact

    U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere

  • Communism spreads

    Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Truman Loyalty Program

    Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies

  • Brussels Pact

    Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat
    poverty, disease and malnutrition

  • Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months

  • NATO ratified

  • Berlin blockade ends

  • Russia's first ever atomic bomb test

  • Mao Zedong controls China

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's
    Republic of China

  • Formation of Nationalist Government

    Chiang Kai-shek moved to Formosa and created Nationalist government

  • Approval of H-bomb

    Truman approves H-bomb

  • Communist witch hunt by McCarthy

    Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt and loyalty tests

  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea
    equipped with Soviet weapons

  • Federal Civil Defense Administration

    Federal Civil Defense Administration established

  • Truman fires MacArthur

  • A-bombs developed by Britain

  • NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket

  • Nuclear Arms Race atomic test

    Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site

  • RAND reports

    RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power"

  • Korean war ends

  • Peace speech

    Ike's Atoms for Peace speech

  • H-bomb test

    H-bomb Castle-Bravo test

  • KGB established

    KGB established
    CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala

  • Vietnam split

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed

  • USSR sent tanks

    USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers

  • USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan

  • Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary.

  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces in the Sinai. Egypt took control of Suez Canal

  • Vostok rocket

    Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM

  • Sputnik launched into orbit

  • Sputnik II launched

    Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space

  • Explorer I launched

  • Khrushchev demands

    Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin

  • Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

  • The Kitchen Debate

    Khrushchev visits United States; The Kitchen Debate

  • A-bombs developed by France

  • Soviet Union reveals..

    Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory

  • John F. Kennedy elected President of USA

  • Cuba aligns with USSR

    Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies.

  • Cuban Crisis

    Bay of Pigs invasion see Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline

  • Berlin border is closed

  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

  • U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified

  • Assassination of President kennedy

    President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas

  • Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • A-bombs developed by China

  • U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic

    U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism

  • U.S. troops to Vietnam

    Announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam

  • B-52s Bomb North Vietnam

  • US bombing raids failed

    The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet
    their objectives

  • North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo

  • Soviet Red Army crush Czechoslovakian revolt

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • Publication of pentagon papers

  • President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia

  • President Richard Nixon visits China

  • SALT I signed

  • Cease fire in Vietnam

    Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States

  • U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government

  • Egypt and Syria attack Israel

    Egypt and Syria attack Israel
    Egypt requests Soviet aid

  • President Nixon resigns

  • North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

    North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces

  • Soviet and Cuban forces help

    Soviet and Cuban forces help to install Communist government in Angola.

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

    Shah of Iran overthrown

  • Soviet forces invade Afghanistan

  • U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.

  • SALT II signed

  • Polish shipyard workers strike Solidarity Union formed

    Polish shipyard workers strike Solidarity Union formed. Strike leader Lech
    Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity

  • U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada

  • President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative

  • Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called
    "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika"

  • Nuclear missiles from Europe

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

  • President Reagan and Gorbachev agrees

    Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles

  • Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan

  • Poland becomes independent

  • Communist governments falls

    Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania

  • Hungary becomes independent

  • Berlin Wall is demolished

    Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to
    West Germany

  • DECLINE OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE

    Lithuania becomes independent

  • Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia

  • Germany reunited

  • End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends