Cold War

Cold War

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Dec 15, 1991

Cold War

Cold War 1945 Feb

Feb 28, 1945

Yalta Conference May World War II ends in Europe. U.S.A drops a atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Potsdam Conference Truman Stalin and British divide up Europe

Jan 1946

Jan 18, 1946

First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

1947 jan

Jan 14, 1947

Communists seize power in Poland. "March" Truman Doctrine announced.

Apr 1949

Apr 28, 1949

Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.

Jan 1950

Jun 23, 1950

U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.

Nov 1956

Nov 23, 1956

Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

Oct 1964

Oct 16, 1964

China explodes its first atomic bomb.

aug 1968

Aug 25, 1968

Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.

dec 1983

Dec 18, 1983

U.S. invades Grenada.

nov 1991

Nov 23, 1991

Hard-line Communists stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.