Cold War Timeline

By rmacklin
  • WWII Ends

    WWII Ends

    Ends American-Soviet co-op
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    contain communist expansion
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    Increases tension
  • NATO formed

    NATO formed

    deter aggression from Soviet Bloc
  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins

    USSR fails to show, starting proxy war
  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

    collective security
  • Khrushchev calls for Peaceful Co-existence

    Khrushchev calls for Peaceful Co-existence

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  • Hungarian Uprising

    Hungarian Uprising

    Warsaw pact isn't unified, but the uprising is shut down by Warsaw Pact forces
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Prevent Western expansion
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    potential for nuclear war
  • Prague Spring ends

    Prague Spring ends

    Soviet Union invades, Brezhnev Doctrine follows
  • Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty signed

    Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty signed

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  • Helsinki Accords

    Helsinki Accords

    detente during cold war
  • Vietnam War ends

    Vietnam War ends

    failure of containment and Domino Theory
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    increased hostilities
  • Solidarity trade union

    Solidarity trade union

    starts pro-democracy movements in Poland
  • Berlin Wall torn down

    Berlin Wall torn down

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  • START signed

    START signed

    reduce number of nuclear weapons being made as deterrence
  • Warsaw Pact dissolved

    Warsaw Pact dissolved

    members may go to join NATO
  • Soviet Union is dissolved

    Soviet Union is dissolved

    Ceases to exist and officially ends the cold war