Cold War Illustrated Timeline By originalasteele Period: 1944 to 1947 Chinese Civil War 1945 Communist Takeover of China Period: 1945 to 1948 Eastern European Governments Set Up Under Soviets Bulgaria (1945), Romania, Poland, and Hungary (1947), and Czechoslovakia (1948) 1946 Containment Policy Mar 5, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Photo: http://www.westminster-mo.edu/explore/history-traditions/PublishingImages/About-Us-Churchills-Speech.jpg Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Period: 1948 to 1949 Berlin Airlift Jun 3, 1948 Marshall Plan 1949 Soviet Union Has Bomb arms race begins 1949 China's Previous Nationalist Leader Chiang flees to Taiwan Period: 1949 to 1975 Korean War Apr 4, 1949 NATO Established Photo: https://www.uspsconnection.com/cc_site/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nato.jpg Period: 1950 to 1954 McCarthy Hearings 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenburg Executed for Espionage 1953 US Sponsors Overthrow of Iranian Government 1954 US Sponsors Overthrow of Guatemalan Government 1955 Warsaw Pact Photo: https://image.slidesharecdn.com/natoandthewarsawpact-1221360702044083-8/95/nato-and-the-warsaw-pact-48-728.jpg?cb=1221827474 Oct 4, 1957 Soviets Launch Sputnik Photo: http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1454564857i/17981664._SX540_.jpg Jan 31, 1958 First SUCCESSFUL Launch of Satellite by USA Photo: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/125268main_image_feature_388_ys_full.jpg Jul 26, 1959 Fidel Castro Topples Cuban Dictator Photo: http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_Prod/84/614/History_Speeches_4010_Castro_Assumes_Power_Cuba_SF_still_624x352.jpg 1961 Berlin Wall Constructed Jan 3, 1961 Eisenhauer Cuts off Diplomatic Relationship with Cuba Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 7, 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/11/104611-050-D8F711CE.jpg Period: Mar 1, 1965 to Jan 27, 1973 American Involvement in Vietnam War Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive Photo: http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/02/mps-with-captured-viet-cong-P.jpeg 1972 SALT I Signed Feb 21, 1972 Nixon Visits China Photo: https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/2015/09/21/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-19720221-nixon-mao-photo.jpg Apr 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon Photo: https://namvietnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/vietnam030-sjpg_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.jpg 1979 SALT II Signed Nov 4, 1979 Shah of Iran Overthrown; Hostages Seized Jan 20, 1981 Hostages Released by Rebels Mar 11, 1985 Gorbachev Elected Secretary General of Soviet Union; Enacts Glasnost and Perestroika Photo: https://www.bluelabellabs.com/ideatoappster/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gorbachev-modified.jpg Dec 8, 1987 INF Treaty Signed Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Photo: http://historycooperative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/09d756f5-2f5e-49c2-806d-dad7cafebeb6-2060x1236.jpeg Oct 3, 1990 East and West Berlin United Jan 1, 1991 14 Non-Russian Republics Declared Independence from the Soviet Union Feb 2, 1992 George Bush and Boris Yeltsin Issue a Formal Statement Declaring the end of the Cold War Photo: https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/105022/40/1050224077.jpg
