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Russian Revolution
The Bolsheviks overthrew the Tsar and took over, instituting a communist regime. This sets the stage for Stalin’s actions much later. -
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Iron Curtain Present
This is the ideological barrier separating communist states from capitalist ones. This barrier further separated the two ideologies, intensifying their dislike of each other. -
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Berlin Airlift Runs
The Berlin Airlift was the effort to get supplies into West Berlin by flying them in, because the soviet union wouldn’t let anyone transfer supplies by ground transport during that time. -
Berlin Airlift starts
The Berlin Airlift was the effort to get supplies into West Berlin by flying them in, because the soviet union wouldn’t let anyone transfer supplies by ground transport during that time. -
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Nato Present
Created April 1949 and still present today, this group is designed to ensure trade freedom for those who enter. It promoted capitalism, and was the binding point to those who took America’s side in the cold war. (Early date for end is just to compress timeline) -
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A - Bomb Arms Race
Multiple increasingly powerful types of atomic bombs were made through the cold war by both sides, tensions rose, and MAD theory went into effect, wherein neither side attacked due to the knowledge of the other side being able to use nuclear weapons. This occurred from when the Soviet Union first created an atomic bomb, declining when the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty is signed, and halting when the Strategic Arms Reduction Act is signed -
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Korean War
This war was fought between North Korea and South Korea. The U.S. entered as it didn’t want North Korea to win and spread communism to South Korea. They succeeded, but the Cold War was left in relatively the same state. -
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Warsaw pact present
This pact was between eight communist countries as an agreement to come to the aid of each other if attacked. This was Russia’s response to NATO, and served the same role of binding allies together. -
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Vietnam War
This war was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with the communist north wanting to take over the capitalist south. The U.S. came to assist South Vietnam, but failed in doing so, and Vietnam became a united communist state. -
Sputnik launch
Sputnik was the first artificial thing to get in orbit around the Earth. The Soviet Union launched it, and their success intensified the space race. -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go to space. His successful mission on April 20th, 1961 made the space race even more attentive as it became apparent that the Soviet Union was in the lead. -
Berlin Wall built
The Berlin Wall was a physical symbol of the Iron Curtain. Its purpose was to keep people from emigrating from East Germany to West Germany, beacause a large amount of people wanted to do so. -
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Berlin Wall Present
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Buzz Aldrin Lands On the Moon
Buzz Aldrin was the pilot of Apollo 11, the first successful mission to land on the moon, which landed on July 20th, 1969. His actions solidified the U.S as the winner of the space race. -
Nulcear Non Proliferation Treaty
This treaty, put into effect in 1970, was meant to stop the arms race by getting everyone to stop making nuclear weapons and disarm the ones they have. It was one of the first efforts to end the cold war. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin wall fell on November 9th, 1989, acting as a symbol for the Iron Curtain’s impending end alongside it.
