Cold War Timeline

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    Amarican-Soviet cooperation end at end of WW2

    The cooperation between Americans and Soviets ended at the end of WW2.
  • U.S Announces Marshall Plan

    U.S Announces Marshall Plan

    The United States provides economic aid for Europe after WW2 in hopes to help restore economic infrastructure.
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    Berlin Airlift

    Communists closed all travel routes leading to the city of Berlin, so they had to airlift all supplies and goods over communist borders.
  • U.S Announces Containment

    U.S Announces Containment

    A U.S policy using many strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
  • Four Powers Divide Germany

    Four Powers Divide Germany

    The American, British, French, and Soviets divided Germany into 4 zones. American, French, and British made up the western two thirds of Germany and the soviets made up the eastern third.
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    Korean War

    The first time the Soviet Union and the United States fought in a proxy war in a third country.
  • U.S Develops H-bomb

    U.S Develops H-bomb

    The U.S creates and detonates the worlds first thermonuclear weapon, the H-bomb.
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    Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Created in reaction NATO. It was established to balance out the power.
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    Vietnam War

    The war between North and South Vietnam. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control over south Vietnam.
  • Soviet-Union Develops H-bomb

    Soviet-Union Develops H-bomb

    The Soviet Union tested their first fusion-based device on a tower in central Siberia.
  • Soviet-Union Ceases to Exist

    Soviet-Union Ceases to Exist

    The hammer and sickle flag was lowered for the last time. Afterwards the Russian flag replaced it.
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    Khrushchev Calls for "Peaceful Co-existence"

    The idea is that the USSR and Americans could have a peaceful co-existence despite their differences instead of fighting one another.
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    Hungarian Revolt

    A nationwide revolution against the Hungarian people's republic and it's soviet imposed policies.
  • Sputnik is Launched

    Sputnik is Launched

    The Soviet-Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik.
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    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The United States sent trained Cubans to Cuba to try to overflow Fidel Castro's government. They failed miserably.
  • Berlin Wall is Built

    Berlin Wall is Built

    The Berlin wall was built by the Soviets that physically divided Berlin. The purpose of the wall was to keep democracy from spreading into the communist area.
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet-Union began to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. The united states refused to allow this. The 2 superpowers came very close to a nuclear war. Eventually the Soviet-Union agreed to remove the missiles.
  • American-Soviet Hotline Established

    American-Soviet Hotline Established

    A hotline designed for America and the Soviets to have direct contact with one another.
  • Partial Test Ban Treaty Signed

    Partial Test Ban Treaty Signed

    A treaty that which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons.
  • Czech Uprising

    Czech Uprising

    A partially successful attempt by the Czech people to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation during WW2.
  • U.S Votes to Admit Communist China into U.N

    U.S Votes to Admit Communist China into U.N

    China was admitted into the U.N on a vote of 76 in favour, 35 opposed, and 17 abstentions.
  • SALT Treaty Signed

    SALT Treaty Signed

    For the first time during the cold war the Americans and the Soviets agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenal.
  • Helsinki Accords

    Helsinki Accords

    Primarily an effort to reduce tension between the Soviet and the Western Bloc.
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    The Soviets tried to invade Afghanistan and went on a 9 year war with them.
  • Polish Solidarity Uprising

    Polish Solidarity Uprising

    The Polish used civil resistance to advance the causes of workers rights and social change.
  • U.S Star Wars Research Begins

    U.S Star Wars Research Begins

    A missile defense system used to protect the United States from nuclear attacks.
  • I.N.F Treaty Signed

    I.N.F Treaty Signed

    The Soviet-Union and the Americans permanently forswear all their nuclear missiles and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5500km.
  • Iron Curtain Collapses

    Iron Curtain Collapses

    The Soviet-Union used all the little countries as a buffer zone to be protected by the Americans.
  • Berlin Wall Torn Down

    Berlin Wall Torn Down

    Travel restrictions were supposed to be lightened so that east germans would have easier travel. Immediately the people of the east and west Berlin stormed the wall and began to take it down.
  • Germany is Reunited

    Germany is Reunited

    Germany was reunited after the Berlin wall was torn down.
  • START

    START

    Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. The Americans and the Soviet Union agreed to reduce the amount of nuclear warheads in their arsenals.

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