Cold War Origins

  • June 1945 U.N created United Nations

    United nations was started as international organization to prevent wars.
  • 1945

    -1945
    -Germany divided
    -Allies split Germany into four zones, each ruled by U.S., U.K, USSR, and France
  • Stalin Declared Incompatability

    Stalin declared incompatability of communism and capitalism declaring cold war.
  • 1946

    -1946
    -International stuggle
    -Carried without direct military
    -March 1946
    -Church Hill coined the term "Iron Curtain."
  • March 1947

    March 1947
    Truman Doctrine U.S.policygiving economic and military aid
  • June 1947

    Rebuild U.S. program to give assistance to help europe rebuild.
  • Communist Took Over

    Communist took over czechoslovakia congress approved 12.5 billion plan.
  • June 1948

    June 1948
    Berlin Airlift Western allies began flying food and supplies to Western Berlin
  • New Currency

    New currency Western allies planned to begin new currenct in zones of Germany.
  • U.S Joined NATO

    U.S. joined the NATO joined with th Western European Nations, deffensive Military allience.
  • 1949 U.S. USSR

    spies began havings secret opperations.
  • USSR A Bomb

    USSR dropped its first bomb.
  • May 1949

    Lifted the blockade
  • H-Bomb

    H-Bomb
    The U.S. developed the H-bomb
  • USSR

    USSR developed the H-bomb
  • West Germany NATO

    West Germany admitted to the NATO.
  • Warsaw

    USSR formed its own allience called the Warsaw pact.
  • ICBM

    Soviets develope an intercontinental hallistic mistile.
  • 1ST Satellite

    Soviets used an ICBM to launch the 1ST Satellite
  • U.S. Satellite

    U.S, launched first satellite.
  • U.S. spy Plan

    U.S. spy plan shut down.over USSR powers spent 2 years in soviet prisson.
  • Berlin Wall

    Soviets errected the Berlin Wall to seperate the communist east and the capitalist west.