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Cold War Begins
Due to the opposing viewpoints, Russia wanting to expand on communist countries, while other countries wanting to be communist free, tensions began to rise between nations. -
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Cold War Timeline
The events that conspired during the Cold War (1947-1966) with tensions rising between the U.S./other foreign countries, and the Soviet's/other communist countries. -
The Truman Doctrine
Established the U.S. would provide, economic, military, and political aid to democratic countries/nations under threat of communism. -
National Security Act
In response to the threats from the Soviets after World War II, the U.S. passed this act providing/promoting national security. (Secretary of Defense, National Military Establishment, Department of the Army, Navy, and Department of the Air Force.) -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked roads and rail traffic from West Berlin, in order to cut off access to food, coal, and other crucial supplies. -
Berlin Airlift
in response to the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. began to ship massive amounts of supplies via airlift. -
Spread of Communism
Chinese communist forces capture Manchuria. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty is founded to provide resistance against Russia and its communist forces. -
Communism Spreads Further
Chinese communist forces capture Nanjing. -
Berlin Airlift Result
The Berlin Airlift and overall blockade problem comes to an end. -
H-Bomb
Harry Truman orders the development of the Hydrogen Bomb. ("A weapon whose enormous explosive power results from an uncontrolled self-sustaining chain reaction in which isotopes of hydrogen combine under extremely high temperatures to form helium in a process known as nuclear fusion") -
Korea Problem
North Korean forces begin to invade South Korea. -
Korea Problem II
After hearing this news, Harry Truman orders U.S. troops to Korea. (specifically South Korea) -
Atom Bombs for everyone!
Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb. -
General Douglas MacArthur's Plan
General Douglas MacArthur advocates the use of atom bombs in the Korean War. -
Atomic Secrets~
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg are found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. -
Nautilus Submarine
The U.S. begins the construction of the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. -
NATO Part 2!
Greece and Turkey end up joining NATO! -
Eisenhower for President!
Truman relieves Eisenhower of command during Korean war so he can run for president. -
Soviet Death-
Joseph Stalin dies. -
Execution.
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg are executed. -
More Problems in Cuba Arising!
Fidel Castro leads an attempt to overthrow Fulgencio Batista in Cuba -
Hydrogen Bomb
The U.S. tests a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands. -
French vs. Vietnam
French forces are defeated by North Vietnam forces at Dien Bien Phu. -
French Defeat.
French forces agree to leave North Vietnam. -
War, more of it!
Civil War breaks out in South Vietnam between supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai. -
China and North Vietnam
China agrees to provide North Vietnam with economic aid. -
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem replaces Bo Dai as leader of South Vietnam. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev denounces former leader Joseph Stalin -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro and a small force of armed soldiers land in Cuba -
Britain and France
After planes bomb Egyptian airfields and attack, their forces soon leave Egypt. -
Nuclear Testing
The Soviet Union appeals to the United States and Britain to cease nuclear testing. -
Israel and the U.S.
After cutting off aid to Israel, the U.S. resumes aid to Israel. -
Britain testing
Britain carries out its first Hydrogen Bomb test over "Christmas Island" -
Prime Minister
Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nikolai Bulganin as prime minister of the Soviet Union. -
Nuclear Testing
Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end for all nuclear testing -
Soviet Union and Berlin
The Soviet Union demands that all forgein troops should be withdrawn from Berlin. -
Fidel Castro Won't Give Up
Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana -
United Nations
Members vote again against the admission of China to the United Nations -
United Nations Staying Out
The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria. -
U-2 Incident
American U-2 spy plane shot over the Soviet Union. -
U.S and Cuba
The United States ends all aid to Cuba -
NATO's Airforce
NATO introduces a unified air defense command -
Bay of Pigs
U.S's Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba -
Khrushchev and Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy hold summit meeting in Vienna. -
Vietnam Problem
The first U.S. troops arrive in South Vietnam -
Soviet's sending Missiles
Soviet Union agrees to send arms and set up missiles in Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy announces that the Soviet Union has installed a missile base in Cuba. -
13 days later and....
John F. Kennedy announced the Cuban Missile crisis is over after a strenuous 13 days. -
Hot Line
Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy agree to establish a hot line to use during a Cold War crisis -
Ngo Dinh Diem
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is assassinated. -
John F. Kennedy Assasination
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas texas. (Many theories circulate his assassination-) -
Aircraft Bomb
United States aircraft bomb North Vietnam for the first time. -
Alexsei Kosygin
Alexsei Kosygin becomes prime minister of the Soviet Union -
China's bombs
China explodes its first atomic bomb -
Australia gets involved
Australia decides to send troops to South Vietnam. -
Soviet Confession
The Soviet Union admits to supplying arms to North Vietnam. -
Ho Chi Minh rejects peace
Ho Chi Minh rejects peace talks on the Vietnam War offered by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Charles De Gaulle
Charles De Gaulle calls for the U.S. forces to leave Vietnam, ending up having the French withdraw its troops from NATO -
United States using Chemical Weapons
The United States government admits to using chemical weapons in North Vietnam -
United States Air Raid
The United States air raid on Hanoi kills over 100 North Vietnamese civilians