cold war timeline

  • united nations formed

    51 countries came together to form an alliance to ensure international peace and security.
  • Truman doctrine

    this is the principle that the us should give support to countries being threatened by the soviet union
  • Hollywood 10

    10 hollywood motion producers refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations.
  • Marshall plan

    an ambitious effort to stimulate economic growth after ww2 and to prevent the spread of communism post war
  • NATO formed

    western nations and several european countries agreed to provide collective security against the soviet union
  • Korean war

    conflict between north and south korea in which at least 2.5 million people died. north korea then supplied and advised the soviet union to invade south korea, making it an international problem
  • space race

    the space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the soviet union and the united states, a race to the moon.
  • Bay of pigs

    in an invasion of cuba with some 1,500 cubans opposed to fidel castro whom the u.s. wanted out of power
  • Berlin wall goes up

    was built to prevent its population from escaping soviet-controlled east berlin to west berlin
  • U.S. officials enter Vietnam war

    the u.s. entered the war in efforts to stop the spread of communism.
  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    soviets invaded afghanistan in the intent of upholding their soviet-afghan friendship treaty.
  • Berlin wall comes down

    half a million people gathered in a mass protest against the wall dividing germany, five days later the wall came down