The cold war

Cold War Timeline

By ijohn419
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    Duration of Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Agreement to temporarily divide Germany
  • United States first used atomic bomb in war

    United States first used atomic bomb in war

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    Japanese surrender
  • Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech

    Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech

  • Marshall Plan announced

    Marshall Plan announced

  • Berlin Blockade begins

    Berlin Blockade begins

  • NATO ratified

    NATO ratified

  • U.S.S.R. explodes first atomic bomb

    U.S.S.R. explodes first atomic bomb

  • Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

  • Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt

    Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt

  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins

  • Rosenberg executions

    Rosenberg executions

  • Korean War ends

    Korean War ends

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

  • Sputnik launched

    Sputnik launched

  • Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

  • U-2 spy plan shot down over U.S.S.R.

    U-2 spy plan shot down over U.S.S.R.

  • John F. Kennedy elected President

    John F. Kennedy elected President

  • Bay of Pigs invasion

    Bay of Pigs invasion

  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

    Construction of Berlin Wall begins

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Saigon (South Vietnam) falls to Communism

    Saigon (South Vietnam) falls to Communism

  • Berlin Wall falls

    Berlin Wall falls

  • Soviet empire falls

    Soviet empire falls

  • Germany reunited

    Germany reunited

  • U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

    U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

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