cold war timeline

  • gorbachev's reforms (perestroika/glasnost)

    gorbachev's reforms (perestroika/glasnost)

    both had presidency or worked in politics
  • berlin blockade

    berlin blockade

    soviet forces bockaded rail, road, and water to all allied controlled areas of berlin.
  • korean war

    korean war

    War between north and south korea which america fought for the south and china fought for the north
  • creation of NATO and warsaw pact

    creation of NATO and warsaw pact

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization.. holding off Soviet expansionism, not allowing the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe, and encouraging European political integration.
  • vietnam

    vietnam

    the biggest war ever, between south vietnam and united states loosing millions of lives
  • sputnik

    sputnik

    first artificial sattalite that soviet union launched into a low earth orbit
  • bay of pigs

    bay of pigs

    failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade
  • creation of the berlin wall

    creation of the berlin wall

    a wall thrown up overnight around west berlin
  • cuban missile crisis

    cuban missile crisis

    13 day confrontation between the united states and soviet union concerning soviet balistic missiles deployment in cuba
  • disarmament agreements (SALT, SALT II)

    disarmament agreements (SALT, SALT II)

    strategic arms limitations talks
  • soviet invasion of afghanistan

    soviet invasion of afghanistan

    Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, groups both received aid from both Christian and Muslim countries. fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces
  • fall of berlin wall

    fall of berlin wall

    the wall surounding west berlin falls