Cold War

By mgabr0
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    Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine is the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the Communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.

  • Soviet Atomic Bomb Test

  • Start of Korean War

  • End of Korean War

  • Warsaw Pact formed

  • Start of VIetnam War

  • Bay of Pig invasion

  • Cuban Missile crisis

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • End of Vietnam War

  • Soviet-Afghan War

  • Tiananmen Square Protest

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

  • Breakup of Yuloslavia

  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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