Cold War Timeline (1945 -1991)

By Afranck14

  • World war 2 end

    World war 2 end
    Yalta Conference
    World War II ends in Europe.
    U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe

  • New Gov.

    First East European Communist government set up in Albania

  • Doctrine

    Doctrine
    Communists seize power in Poland. Truman Doctrine announced

  • Berlin

    Berlin
    Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)

  • NATO

    NATO
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.

    Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
    Communists win Chinese Civil War.

  • war

    war
    U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
    (the Korean War ends July 27, 1953)

  • Iranian

    Iranian
    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.

  • Seato

    Seato
    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed.

  • cold war

    cold war
    Warsaw Pact formed First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

  • the close out

    the close out
    Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

  • Destoryed

    Destoryed
    Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.

  • Cuba

    Cuba
    Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government.

  • Bomb

    Bomb
    China explodes its first atomic bomb.

  • Adding a communist Gov.

    Adding a communist Gov.
    Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola.

  • seperate

    seperate
    Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. East Germany builds Berlin Wall.