Cold War Events

Berlin wall falls

Period: 1869 to 1990

when the wall falls it opens borders, and free election which is used to eliminate communism everywhere

First Atomic Bomb

Jul 16, 1945

Americans successfully tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico

Korea divided at the 38th parallel

Aug 10, 1945

North Korea-----Communist rule; leader Kim II- Sung
South Korea-----Anti Communist rule

MacArthur makes commands

Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Dec 31, 1948

Halts a plan to dissolve japans largest industrial corporations and tries to take japan as an anti communist country

Iron Curtain

Mar 5, 1946

Churchill gives speech which later becomes famous

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Pledges america assistance to any nation in the world threatened by communism containment.

H-Bomb

Jan 30, 1950

Truman approves the development of the H-bomb

Sputnik Crisis

Oct 4, 1952

USSR released a satellite to orbit in space, united states wanted to be first and felt that the USSR was watching them

Nuclear bombs

Period: Mar 17, 1953 to Jun 4, 1953

Nuclear arms races test several at the Nevada test site

Non- Proliferation Treaty

May 11, 1955

Prevented the spread of nuclear weapons and technology to promote peacefully uses of nuclear things made

U-2 incident

May 1, 1960

American spy plane shot down and the pilot of the plane was help captive. created tension between the united stated and the soviet union

Cuban Misses Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

U-2 spy plane discovered nuclear missiles that could reach the united states . Kennedy held a meeting to discuss the missiles. plan was that if the united stated removed their missiles from turkey Cuba would withdraw theirs.

Attacks outside USSR and US

1973

Egypt and Syria attack on Israel

Communism

Apr 17, 1975

North Vietnam wins
South Vietnam loses and falls to communist rule

Troops

1983

U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada