Cold war 2

Cold War Pictorial Timeline

By 15morseapril

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Agreement to temporarily divide Germany
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    Cold War

  • United States first used atomic Bomb in war

    United States first used atomic Bomb in war

  • Japanese surrender (V-J Day)

    Japanese surrender (V-J Day)

  • Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

    Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

  • Marshall Plan is announced

    Marshall Plan is announced

  • Berlin Blockade Begins

    Berlin Blockade Begins

  • NATO ratified

    NATO ratified

  • Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

  • USSR explodes first atomic bomb

    USSR explodes first atomic bomb

  • Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch- hunt

    Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch- hunt

  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins

  • Rosenberg executions

    Rosenberg executions

  • Korean war ends

    Korean war ends

  • Vietnam splits at 17th parallel

    Vietnam splits at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

  • Sputnik launched

    Sputnik launched

  • Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

  • Bay of Pigs invasion

    Bay of Pigs invasion

  • U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

    U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

  • John F. Kennedy elected President

    John F. Kennedy elected President

  • Construction of Berlin Wall Begins

    Construction of Berlin Wall Begins

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Saigon, south Vietnam falls to communism

    Saigon, south Vietnam falls to communism

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

  • Soviet empire falls

    Soviet empire falls

  • Germany reunited

    Germany reunited

  • Formal end to Cold War

    Formal end to Cold War