Cold War Timeline **

By itzr0n

  • Korean War

    North Korea's invasion of south Korea in 1950

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnamese war against France that raged on for 9 long years.

  • Soviet Invasion of Hungary

    Soviet forces overrun Hungary with over 1000 tanks.

  • mao Zedong takes over China

    Mao Zedong takes over china and revolutionizes it.

  • Fidel Castro takes over Cuba

    Fidel Castro takes direct control of Cuba government in 1959

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The attack on Cuba by the US in an attempt to get rid of Cuba's government.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba's use of nuclear weapons in responce to Americas invasion.

  • Soviet Invasion of czechoslovakia

    The invasion of czechoslovakia by the Soviet union. Because of unstable government

  • Nixion visits China

    A trip took by Nixon to try and stabalize the relations between US and China

  • SALT Treaty Talks

    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Contructed to prevent the use of nulcear weapons.

  • Revolution in Iran

  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    Russian troops landed in Kabel, capital of Afghanistan, to attack prime minister.

  • Iraq/Iran War

    A war between Iraq and iran that took place for over 7 years. It started with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran

  • Mikhail Takeover USSR

    Mikhail Gorbachev took over as General Secretary
    of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

  • Fall of berlin wall

    the tearing down of the wall separating east and west Berlin.

  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    The complete obliveration of the soviet union and their way of like for democracy.

  • Civil war in nicaragua

    The push for political change in nicaragua from 1993-1994