Cold War timeline

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    Cold War timeline

  • Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

    This had help start a foothold in the war trying to figure out and organize who were the Americans allied with and who could help us with the war.
  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

    This started a tipping point within the war helping start a stronger blockade against the American forces.
  • Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months

    Soviet union had an 11 month blockade around berlin letting them keep an advantage and letting them keep berlin under lock.
  • Berlin Blockade ends

    The soviet forces lifted the blockade in berlin allowing them full access to move in and out and allowing to get resources.
  • Truman fires MacArthur

    This was a big thing in the war because truman had fired MacArthur based on overstepping and saying things he wasn't supposed to say. This went against commander policies, so Truman had to fire him.
  • Nuclear Arms Race

    The nuclear arms race basically was a competition of who could make bombs and missiles the fastest between the soviets and the United states.
  • Berlin border is closed

    They put up a long barbed wire fence around the main portion of berlin and had limited getting in and out of the country.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    It was a 1 month 4 day stare down between the U.S and the Soviet Union. It was a who can blow up more war that never really went anywhere.
  • President Nixon resigns

    Nixon had pulled involvement from the Vietnam war out and had then formally resigned from presidency being the first president to do so.
  • End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends

    The soviet flag lowered for the last time and then the russian flag had raised in its place. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union formally switching to a new independent russian state.

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