Cold War Timeline

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  • Yalta Conference

    This Conference led to the beginning of the Cold War
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    Cold War

    A war between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

  • Atomic Bomb

    United States first used atomic bomb in war

  • The Iron Curtain

    This is when Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech to the public.

  • Cuba and Castro

    Castro takes over Cuba

  • Soviet Union Revealing

    Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory

  • John F. Kennedy

    JFK becomes president of the U.S.

  • Cuban Crisis

    A crisis of Cuba realeasing missiles erupts.

  • President Assasinated

    President Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, Texas

  • The Marines

    U.S. marines sent to Dominican Republican to fight communism

  • Pueblo capture

    North Korea capture the U.S.S. Pueblo at this time

  • Extended War

    President Nixon extends Vietnam war to Cambodia

  • Overthrow of Chile

    The U,S, helps to overthrow Chile government

  • North defeats South

    North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

  • U.S. Overthrows

    U.S. troops overthrow regime in Grenada

  • Reagan and Gorbachev

    Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe

  • Treaty

    Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles by signing treaty

  • Withdrawal

    Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan

  • Berlin Wall

    This is when the Berlin Wall falls

  • Communist Ending

    Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends

  • Yeltsin Elected

    Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia

  • The End

    End of Soviet Union. Cold War Ends