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Timeline of the history of the Cold War from years 1947 through 1966
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War -
The USSR set up Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) which was the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties responsible for the creation of the Eastern bloc. -
U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone
around the hemisphere -
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia -
ruman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies -
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition -
Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months -
NATO ratified -
Berlin blockade ends -
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
Truman approved H-bomb development -
Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons -
Federal Civil Defense Administration established -
United Nations troops recapture Seoul. -
Truman fires MacArthur -
Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb. -
Fulgencio Batista overthrows the Cuban government of President Prio Socarras. -
Matyas Rakosi become prime minister of Hungary. -
On November 1, 1952 at 7:15am local time (October 31, 1915 hours GMT), the United States tested its first thermonuclear device (hydrogen bomb) on the island of Elugelab in the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands about 3,000 miles west of Hawaii. Code named Ivy Mike, the device was detonated remotely from a distance of about 30 miles. -
Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site -
RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power" -
Ike's Atoms for Peace speech -
H-bomb Castle-Bravo test -
This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. -
France agrees to leave North Vietnam. -
The Baghdad Pact is founded by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. It is committed to resisting Communist expansion in the Middle East. March: Soviet aid to Syria begins. -
The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Diplomatic relations restored between West Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Nikita Khrushchev denounces former leader Joseph Stalin. -
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers -
USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan -
Suez Crisis began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces in the Sinai -
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM -
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM -
Sputnik launched into orbit -
Sputnik launched into orbit -
Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space -
Explorer 1 launched -
Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end of all nuclear testing. -
The Soviet Union demands that all foreign troops should be withdrawn from Berlin. -
Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana. -
Member states vote again against the admission of China to the United Nations. -
The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria. -
On May 17th 1960 the leaders of the Soviet Union, USA, Great Britain and France met in Paris to discuss the situation in Berlin. The Soviet Union wanted Berlin to be designated as a 'Free City' with minimal military presence from other powers, and also wanted to conclude a Peace Treaty with East Germany. -
United States ends all aid to Cuba. -
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space. -
Berlin border closes -
Construction of Berlin walls begins -
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade agreement. -
East German university students complete a 150-metre long tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Twelve people use it to escape to West Germany. -
When communists were pressing for joint action in 1963, what it had meant was Soviet commitment to the policy of all-out anti-US struggle long demanded by the Chinese; in the context of that time, a call for joint action was a definite anti-Soviet and pro-Chinese move. -
The US and USSR agree to install a hotline to allow direct communication in the event of a nuclear crisis. -
JRK, the 35th president of the USA is assinated in Dallas, Texas -
A military coup in Brazil, possibly supported by the CIA, overthrows left-wing president Joao Goulart. -
China tests its first atomic weapon, becoming the second nuclear-capable communist state. -
Lyndon Johnson is reelected president of the United States. -
However by early 1965 the Soviets and the Chinese had both changed their positions. With the new Soviet leadership's decision to go ahead with Khrushchev's plan for a preparatory meeting of Communist parties in Moscow in March 1965, an old issue suddenly became a major point in the Sino-Soviet dispute in 1965 and 1966 -- the matter of joint action of the international Communist movement against imperialism. -
The death of former British prime minister Winston Churchill. -
US combat troops begin arriving in Vietnam. By 1968 there will be a half million American soldiers deployed there. -
Robert Menzies retires as prime minister of Australia. He is replaced by Harold Holt. -
French president Charles de Gaulle begins a visit to the Soviet Union. -
A Warsaw Pact conference promises support to North Vietnam.