Cold War Timeline

By brianyolo
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    Yalta Conference

  • Victory in Europe Day

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    Potsdam Conference

  • Japanese Surrender

  • "Iron Curtain" Speech

  • Truman Doctrine

    The U.S would assist all democratic nations with military, political, or economic issues or if being threatened by other authorities. Established by President Harry S. Truman.

  • Marshal Plan

    The US helped Europe by giving the $120 billion for their economies after WWII. Signed by President Truman.
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    Berlin Blockade/ Airlift

    The Western countries were giving supplies and food to Berlin by and an airlift because the Soviet Union were blocking all other routes.

  • Comecon Created

  • NATO Established

    Established by 12 Western nations to provide security against the agression of the Soviet Union. Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

  • China Becomes Communist

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    Korean War

    A War between North and South Korea in which the U.S assisted the South and the Soviet Union and China assisted the North. This war had proceeded from the division of Korea.

  • KGB Established

  • Domino Theory

    A term used by President Eisenhoward to describe how if one country in the region falls for communism they will all fall under communism like dominos. One country can inspire neigboring countries.

  • Vietnam is divided

  • Warsaw Pact Established

    Defense treaty during the Cold War involving the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria.
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    Vietnam War

    Between North and South Vietnam to protect South Vietnam from the spread of Communism from North Vietnam.
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    Suez Crisis

  • Sputnik

    First artificial satelite in eart that was launched by the Soviet Union into a low earth orbit.

  • Fidel Castro takes over Cuba

  • U2 Spy Plane Shot Down

  • Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space

    First man to orbit the earth, Yuri was a Russion Soviet Pilot and Astronaut.

  • Bay of Pigs

    A failed US military invasion into Cuba over oil refineries.

  • First American in Space (Alan Shepard)

  • Berlin Wall Built

    A wall that divided East and West Berlin, due to an excess of people leaving East Berlin to live in West Berlin. West Berlin was controlled by US allies while East Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba almost threatening the US. US was not ok with this happening so after 13 days they came to an agreement.

  • Golf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution

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    Six-Day War

  • Tet Offensive

  • Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon

    Name of the Spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface.
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    Yom Kippur War

  • Nicaraguan Revolution

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

  • Glasnost

    Had to od with reforms of Judicial Systems that made sure that the public and press would be able to attend the court hearings.

  • Perestroika

    restructuring

  • Iran-Contra Affair

  • Tiananem Square

  • Poland Becomes Independent

  • Communist Governments in Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria fall

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Due to a new government in Berlin taking control.
    Took about 30 years till the wall was torn down.
    There is now no border dividing East and West Berlin.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev Takes Office

  • Hungary Becomes Indpendent

  • Germany Reunites

  • Warsaw Pact Ends

  • Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia

  • USSR Dissolved