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Cold War Key Events Timeline

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    Cold War

  • Iron Curtian Created

    Iron Curtian Created
    The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two different areas.
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan
    The American initiative to aid Europe.
  • Forming of NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • The beginning of the Warsaw Pact

    The beginning of the Warsaw Pact
    It's a military treaty, which bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    A war that occured during the Cold War.
  • Sputnik I

    First artificial sattelite is released into Earth orbit.
  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Creation of the Berlin Wall
    A wall that seperated East Germany, from West Germany.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.
  • Six Day War

    It started because the Israelis and the Arabs already had extreme tension towards one another and the Arab nations surrounded Israel making them feel threatened. This war lasted only 6 days, It ended on Jun 10th, 1967.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    East Germany didn't agree with the Berlin Walland almost overnight, it was gone.