Cold War Timeline

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    Cold War Timeline

  • VE Day

    Victory in Europe

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    America dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima killing around 80,000 people

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    American dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki killing around 70,000 people

  • Berlin Blockade Begins

    Lasting around 11 months

  • Berlin Blockade Ends

    Ends after 11 months in use

  • Korean War Begins

    Korean War happens between North and South Korea

  • Korean War Ends

    The war between both North and South Korea ends

  • Egypt Took Control of Suez Canal

    Egypt finally took control of the Suez Canal
  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch

    The Sputnik Launched into Orbit

  • John F. Kennedy Elected President

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    Assassinated in Dallas, Texas

  • Dispatching 200,000 U.S. Troops to Vietnam

  • Apollo 11 Lands on Moon

    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html

  • North Vietnam Defeats South Vietnam

    Falls to Communist forces

  • President Reagan and Gorbachev Agree

    They agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles

  • Lithuania Becomes Independent

  • Germany Reunited

  • End of the Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends

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