Cold War Timeline

By emily.green
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    Cold War Events

  • Berlin Blockade/Airlift

    Berlin Blockade/Airlift

    Berlin Airlift supplied America's sector of the city from the air.
    Supplied our allies with the tools they needed.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    War between North Korea and South Korea.
    First military action in the Cold War.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Resistance war against America.
    Cold War era proxy.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    1st artificial Earth satellite.
    Ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    Failed military mission on Cuba controlled by the CIA.
    Getting the government more involved with attacks on countries.
  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Created to divide Berlin into East and West sections.
    Definings symbol of the cold war.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba.
    One of the biggest Cold War conrontations.
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    War that lasted 9 years in Afghanistan.
    Marked the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Eastern Bloc.
  • Gorbachev's Reforms

    Gorbachev's Reforms

    Introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs and international relations.
    Led to the collapse of America's Cold War.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Announced that people could cross the border into East Berlin whenever they pleased and vice versa.
    Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe.