Cold War Timeline

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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Conference after WWII to discuss about Europe
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    USA would provide military & economic aid to countries threaten by communism
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    US economic recovery for war-torn Europe $13 billion US loans
  • Berlin Blockade Start

    Berlin Blockade Start

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

  • Berlin Blockade End

    Berlin Blockade End

  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    Was pretty much a race for who could make better powerful nuclear weapons
  • Korean War Start

    Korean War Start

  • Joseph Stalin dies

    Joseph Stalin dies

  • Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Took control after Stalins death
  • End of Korean War

    End of Korean War

  • Space Race

    Space Race

    Was a race to see who could get to space first
  • Vietnam War Start

    Vietnam War Start

  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • Berlin Wall Construction

    Berlin Wall Construction

  • Berlin Wall Completion

    Berlin Wall Completion

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Vietnam War End

    Vietnam War End

  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

  • Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power

    Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power

  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

  • German Unification

    German Unification

  • USSR Breakup

    USSR Breakup