Cold war timeline

By Omore0
  • Un formation

    The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace
  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that originated with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  • Marshall plan

    proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
  • Nato formed

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America.
  • Hollywood 10

    The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film.
  • korean war

    The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea.
  • berlin wall goes up

    to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin
  • Us enters vietnam war

    The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism
  • soviet afghanistan invasion

    Fearful that Tsarist Russia's expansion into Central Asia would bring it perilously close to the border of India, their imperial jewel,
  • berlin walls come down

    political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany.