Cold War Timeline

By nallen3
  • United Nation Formed

    An international organization aiming to maintain international peace and security. Made to develop friendly relations among nations and achieve cooperation.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece.
  • Hollywood 10

    Ten members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the House Un-America Activities Committee. The screenwriters and directors known as the 10, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios.
  • Marshall Plan

    Also known as the European Recovery Program, was the U.S. program providing aid to western Europe following the devastation of WW1. The U.S. transferred $3 billion in economic recovery programs to western European economics after the end of WW2.
  • Nato Formed

    https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato
    Treaty organization to provide collective security against the Union to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means.
  • Korean War

    The spread of communism during the Cold War, and the Japanese occupation of Korea during WW2 influenced the war. The invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. American troops had entered the war on South Korea's behalf. As far as Americans were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself.
  • Korean War Ended

    The spread of communism during the Cold War, and the Japanese occupation of Korea during WW2 influenced the war. The invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. American troops had entered the war on South Korea's behalf. As far as Americans were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself.
  • Space Race/Sputnik

    A 20th-century competition between two Cold War adversaries the Soviet Union and the U.S., to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
  • Bay Of Pigs

    This was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.
  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion Ended

    This was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.
  • Berlin Wall Goes Up

    Made to keep Western "fascists" from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. Also to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin.
  • U.S. Official Enters Vietnam War

    The U.S. entered the Vietnam war in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism. President Johnson launches a three-year campaign of sustained bombing of targets in operation Rolling Thunder. Same month U.S. marines land on beaches in South Vietnam as the first American combat troops to enter Vietnam.
  • Soviets Invade Afghanistan

    The Soviet Union invaded Afghan under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. The two countries agreed to provide economic and military assistance.
  • Berlin Wall Comes Down

    Pivotal Event in World History marked the fall of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. The Soviet Union faced economic problems food shortages, and other major problems became a sight for the collapse of the Iron Wall.
  • End of Soviet-Afghan Invasion

    The Soviet Union invaded Afghan under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. The two countries agreed to provide economic and military assistance.