Cold War time line

By obsessedunicorn
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    1st major international crisis of the cold war, post WW2 Germany, USSR union blocked western allies
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    North Atlantic treaty organization, First peacetime military alliance the U.S entered
  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Treaty of Friendship, Collective defence treaty. Signed in Warsaw, Poland
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    1st artificial earth satellite 58cm diameter, Polished metal sphere.
  • Construction of Berlin wall

    Construction of Berlin wall

    East German authorities built a wall overnight enter circling west berlin
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Direct dangerous confrontation between the U.S and USSR during the cold war.
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    First arrival of the U.S spacecraft to reach the moon
  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall

    The wall was destroyed by demlition