Cold war annotated timeline

By alex vue
  • United Nations formed

    United Nations formed

    The United Nations formed was when all 51 countries start to form relations with one another after the second Great War.
  • Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10 is a group of producers, directors, and screen writers who were accused of influencing communist activities. the HUAC investigated them and they refused to answer/testify so they went to jail
  • Nato Formed

    Nato Formed

    It is called The North Atlantic Treaty to provide collective security against the soviet union.
  • The Korean War

    The Korean War

    It was because of the spread of communism during the cold war and american containment.
  • The Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs

    The bay of pigs was a failed invasion attempt in order launched by the Kennedy administration to push the cuban leader (Fidel Castro) from power.
  • Berlin Wall goes up

    Berlin Wall goes up

    To isolate the post war allied western sectors of the former German capital of the soviet occupied east of Berlin.
  • The US Enters the Vietnam War

    The US Enters the Vietnam War

    The US enters the war to prevent the spread of communism.
  • Soviets invade afghanistan

    Soviets invade afghanistan

    The president of Afghanistan (Taraki) was killed by the afghanistan communist so russia had to invade and re-ebstablish some type of government control in afghan.