cold war timeline

By mileyawilliams

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied- controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from air bases in Western Germany.

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    Founded in response to the threat posed by the soviet union

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    War between North Korea and South Korea due to the invasion of South Korea

  • Creation of warsaw pact

    Creation of warsaw pact
    Formally known as the ‘Treaty of friendship’ the warsaw pact was created immediately after the accession of West Germany to the Alliance

  • Vietnam war

    Vietnam war
    Long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam and its principle ally the United States

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The soviet union successfully launched Sputnik I into space, making it the world's first artificial satellite. Marking the start of the space age and the U.S and U.S.S.R space race.

  • Construction of Berlin Wall

    Construction of Berlin Wall
    The communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a concrete wall with barbed wire between East and West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Direct and Dangerous confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union. This instance was the closest the two superpowers became close to nuclear warfare.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    The moon landing is the arrival of the spacecraft Apollo 11 on the surface of the moon

  • Destruction of Berlin wall

    Destruction of Berlin wall
    As the cold war began to spread across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s communist party announced that starting at midnight that day, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.