Cold war events

Red scare

1940

The first and second red scares were spies.
They were deployed after every world wars
they infiltrated the U.S. society in order to get information.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Doctrine Start of the Cold war.
Declaring to stop Soviets from spreading communism.
400$ million support to Greece and Turkey for military and economic growth.

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

Known as the Recovery act
Restore European infrastructure postwar
All possible resource to get allies.

Berlin blockade/airlift

Jun 24, 1948

Joseph Stalin imposed off the Berlin blockade.
It has cut off electricity, water, and food supply.
Americans came in with massive airlift to aid them.

Space race

Jul 30, 1955

The U.S and Soviets were in an arms race
Continent skipping ballistic missile they were after
The race turned into Moon race where the technological symbol was important to achieve.

U-2 incident

May 1, 1960

A spy plane deployed by the U.S. was shot down
The plane crashed and the pilot was captured by the Soviets.
It was right before the east-west summit
The hope for peace were shattered in an instant.

Bay of pigs invasion

Apr 16, 1961

1400 Cuban exiles invaded the east coast of Cuba
JFK knew that the Cuban dictator had connections with the Soviets.
The 1400 exiles were trained by the U.S.

Berlin wall

Aug 13, 1961

separating east and west Berlin
Separating the Democrats and the Federalists
Soviets built it in order to keep fascists away.

Cuban missile crisis

1962

Soviets sent nuclear missiles to Cuba
The event where the nuclear conflict almost broke out.

Non-proliferation Treaty

Jan 1, 1970

The treaty was to disarm every country to destroy every nuclear weapon in general.
Where other countries would feel safer than ever.

Perestroika and Glasnost

1986

Perestroika was trying to reform a movement within the Communist party.
He independently made market-like deals with ministries.
His speech and his idea ended the cold war in 1991.