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cold war timeline

By brooke0495
  • Development and testing of hydrogen bomb by U.S.

    Development and testing of hydrogen bomb by U.S.

  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. aid to Turkey and Greece to prevent spread of Communism (containm
    ent)
  • Period: to

    Communist takeover of mainland China

    by Mao Zedong

  • Marshall Plan

    U.S. aid to Western Europe for war recovery and prevention of spread of
    Communism

  • Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia

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    Berlin Airlift

    aid by air to Soviet-blockaded Berlin

  • Creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    (NATO) between Western European countries and the United States as a defensive military alliance
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    Korean War

    that leaves a divided Korean peninsula – North Korea (Communist) and South Korea (democracy)

  • Cuban revolution

    led by Fidel Castro that leads to Communist takeover of that country

  • Cuban revolution

    led by Fidel Castro that leads to Communist takeover of that country
  • Development and testing of hydrogen bomb by Soviet Union

    Development and testing of hydrogen bomb by Soviet Union

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    between U.S.S.R. and Eastern European satellites as a military alliance

  • Vietnam War

    that results in Communist-backed North Vietnam overtaking U.S.-backed South Vietnam
  • Launching of Sputnik satellite by Soviet Union

    Launching of Sputnik satellite by Soviet Union

  • Berlin Wall divides the city into Communist East Berlin and free West Berlin

    Berlin Wall divides the city into Communist East Berlin and free West Berlin

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    Cuban Missile Crisis

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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    between U.S. and U.S.S.R. that almost leads to nuclear war