Cold War Timeline

By oranevenhaim

  • The Yalta Conference

    February 4-11
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    Cold War Timeline

  • Victory in Europe Day

  • Potsdam Conference

  • Japanese Surrender

  • "Iron Curtain" Speech

  • Truman Doctrine

    President Harry S. Truman addressed a joint session of congress where he asked for money to give to Greece and Turkey who were resisting Communism.

  • Marshal Plan

    America paid billions to try and repair Europe, while also trying to win the favor of European countries and maintain their democracies.

  • Berlin Blockade/Airlift

    June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949
    The Soviet Union who controlled East Germany and Berlin blocked off roads, canals, and railroad tracks that led into West Berlin. West Berlin was being controlled by Great Britain, France and the USA. Airplanes flew in almost every second from West Germany, dropping off supplies in West Berlin.

  • Comecon Created

  • NATO Established

    Treaty between twelve Western, Democratic Nations.

  • China Becomes Communist

  • Korean War

    June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
    War between North Korea, controlled by the Communists and the UN's American lead troops. Began after North Korean troops crossed over the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea.

  • KGB Established

  • Domino theory

    Eisenhower gives speech talking about the domino effect. One country becomes Communist and then the rest follow.

  • Vietnam is divided

    1954 - 1975

  • Warsaw Pact Established

    The Soviet Union and seven other European countries sign treaty, which allows Soviet Union to be in command of the member countries.

  • Vietnam War

    November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975
    Northern Vietnam and It's southern allies were Communist and began a conflict between them and southern Vietnam and it's ally, The USA.

  • Suez Crisis

  • Sputnik

    The World's first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union.

  • Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba

  • U2 Spy Plane Shot Down

  • Nicaraguan Revolution

  • First Man In Space

    Soviet Union launched Yuri Gagarin into space before USA.

  • Bay of Pigs

    USA's spy agency (CIA) launched mission trying to overthrow Castro by sending in Cubans that fled Cuba through the bay of pigs.

  • First American in Space

  • Berlin Wall Built

    The Soviet Union built a wall around West Berlin to keep the citizens of East Berlin from leaving and going into West Berlin. West Berlin was thriving economically. The wall separated many families and friends.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Thirteen day confrontation between The Soviet Union and The USA about The Soviet Union's missile launch sites in Cuba. Ended because Kennedy and Khrushchev made a pact. USA had to take their missiles out of Turkey and leave Cuba alone and USSR had to take missiles out of Cuba.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution

  • Six-Day War

  • Tet Offensive

  • Apollo 11 Lands on Moon

    The first spaceflight that landed Humans on the moon, launched by USA.

  • Yom Kippur War

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

  • Glasnost

    A new Soviet idea, associated with freedom of Speech. Aimed to reduce Soviet influence in Eastern satellite states.

  • Perestroika

    Term used that refers to the restructuring of the political and economic systems in the Soviet Union.

  • Iran-Contra Affair

  • Poland Becomes Independent

  • Communist Government in Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria fall

  • Tiananmen Square

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    The spokesman for East Berlin's Communist party called for the removal of the wall separating East and West Berlin.

  • Hungary Becomes Independent

  • Mikhail Gorbachev takes office

  • Germany reunites

  • Boris Yeltsin elect president of Russia

  • Warsaw Pact Ends

  • USSR Dissolved