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Cold War PictorialTimeline

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  • Yalta Conference Begins

    Yalta Conference Begins

  • Yalta Conference ends

    Yalta Conference ends

  • 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 is created

    NATO is created

  • USSR explodes first atomic bomb

    USSR explodes first atomic bomb

  • Mao Zedong takes control over China

    Mao Zedong takes control over China

  • Joesph McCarthy begins communist witch hunt

    Joesph McCarthy begins communist witch hunt

  • Korean War Begins

    Korean War Begins

  • Rosenberg executions

    Rosenberg executions

  • Korean War ends

    Korean War ends

  • Vietnam splits at the 17th parallel

    Vietnam splits at the 17th parallel

  • Warsaw pact formed

    Warsaw pact formed

  • Sputnik launched

    Sputnik launched

  • Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba

    Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba

  • 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

  • Bay of Pigs invasion

    Bay of Pigs invasion

  • Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

    Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • South Vietnam falls to communism

    South Vietnam falls to communism

  • Berlin wall falls

    Berlin wall falls

  • The Soviet empire falls

    The Soviet empire falls

  • U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

    U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

  • Germany reunited

    Germany reunited