Cold War Timeline

By DonovanFigol
  • soviet union hydrogen bomb

    soviet union hydrogen bomb

    The hydrogen bomb had a yield of 1.6 megatons.They made the bomb because America had one and if the soviet union didn't have one the would be a weaker country and America would have more of a advantage.
  • U-2 spy plane Francis Gary powers

    U-2 spy plane Francis Gary powers

    The U-2 spy plane was a American spy plane that was flying over the soviet union and was shot down on a air field. This cause the the cancellation of the Paris summit schedule to discus the situation to divide Germany.The U-2 spy plane could fly at 70,000 feet and that was a advantage because the radar for the soviet union couldn't detect the plane.The U-2 had a malfunctions of its oxygen system that could make the pilot black out.

  • Soviets Create Hydrogen Bomb

    1. Description of Event
    2. Proxy War or Arms Race
  • USSR invasion of Afghanistan

    USSR invasion of Afghanistan

    The USSR starting sending in troops into Afghanistan and alone with tanks and all kind of other weapons. there was 115,000 USSR troops sent in. they were invading them because this was a way of them showing communism.The soviet unions government was overthrown and that had to start a new communist government and that left them both kinda weak.This invasion is consider a proxy war because of the involvement of the soviets unions military.