Cold war

Cold War Timeline

By anthonycalahan
  • Berlin Blockade and Airlift

    Berlin Blockade and Airlift

    An attempt by the Soviet Union to force the Western Allied to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    This began when North Korea invaded South Korea and the United States came to the aid of South Korea
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    The United States and their rivals the Soviet Union had a race to see who could be the first to space.
  • U-2 Reconnaissance Plane

    U-2 Reconnaissance Plane

    This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets and was embarrassing for the US.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    The US tried to invade Cuba but ended up failing miserably.
  • Reagan visits the Wall

    Reagan visits the Wall

    He visits the Berlin wall and this shows continued commitment to the people of West Berlin.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    This was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

    They were bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union
  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan

    This led to the US backing up Afghanistan and boycotting the 1980 Olympics with a war that lasted nine years.
  • Reunited Germany

    Reunited Germany

    This is when the east and west Germany had reunited.