Cold War Timeline

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  • YALTA CONFERENCE

    YALTA CONFERENCE

  • ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON JAPAN

    ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON JAPAN

  • JAPANESE SURRENDER

  • WINSTON CHURCHILL'S IRON CURTIAN SPEECH

    WINSTON CHURCHILL'S IRON CURTIAN SPEECH

  • MARSHALL PLAN

  • BERLIN BLOCKADE

    BERLIN BLOCKADE

  • NATO RATIFIED

    NATO RATIFIED

  • USSR EXPLODES THERE ATOMIC BOMB

    USSR EXPLODES THERE ATOMIC BOMB

  • MAO ZEDONG TAKES OVER CHINA

    MAO ZEDONG TAKES OVER CHINA

  • JOESPH MCCARTHY BEGINS COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT

    JOESPH MCCARTHY BEGINS COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT

  • KOREAN WAR

  • ROSENBERG EXECUTIONS

    ROSENBERG EXECUTIONS

  • KOREAN WAR ENDS

  • VIETNAM SPLIT AT 17TH PARALLEL

    VIETNAM SPLIT AT 17TH PARALLEL

  • WARSAW PACT

  • SPITNIK LAUNCHED

    SPITNIK LAUNCHED

  • FIDEL CASTRO TAKES OVER CUBA

    FIDEL CASTRO TAKES OVER CUBA

  • U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER USSR

    U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER USSR

  • JFK ELECTED PRESIDENT

    JFK ELECTED PRESIDENT

  • BAY OF PIGS INVASION

    BAY OF PIGS INVASION

  • BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS

  • CUBAN MISSLE CHRISIS

    CUBAN MISSLE CHRISIS

  • SOUTH VIETNAM FALLS TO COMMUNISM

  • BERLIN WALL FALLS

    BERLIN WALL FALLS

  • SOVIET EMPIRE FALLS

  • GERMANY REUNITED

  • U.S.A. SIGNS END OF COLD WAR