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.