Cold War Timeline

  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    Race between countries to build the most powerful army.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    WWII meeting between heads of the UK, US, and USSR.
  • Russia Declares War on Japan

    Russia Declares War on Japan

    Japan makes a fatal mistake by provoking the Allies.
  • United States Drops Atomic Bomb

    United States Drops Atomic Bomb

    Nagasaki, Japan has worlds first Atom dropped on.
  • WWII Ends

    WWII Ends

    The world war ends and germany is internationally blamed for the reparations.
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain

    Winston Churchill's famous Iron Curtain speech of communism.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    $400 million economic and military assistance for European countries.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    American aid for European countries after the end of WWII.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Soviet Union blocks out all European entrances.
  • NATO is Established

    NATO is Established

    International Military Alliance is formed to prevent attacks.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    1 April 1948 – 12 May 1949
  • Joesph Stalin's Death

    Joesph Stalin's Death

    Died of a heart attack in Moscow.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953
  • Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Khrushchev Comes to Power

    Soviet Unions leader
  • SEATO Formed

    SEATO Formed

    Regional defense treaty signed for South Asia.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    USSR vs USA in a race to see who had the astronomical advantage.
  • Sputnik Launches

    Sputnik Launches

    Russian space technology proves to be superior to all others at this point in history.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    US spy plane shot down in USSR territory,
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A USA funded invasion of cuban's to overthrow the government.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Wall put up to prevent West Germany from getting into East Germany.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban missiles were held and threatened the US.
  • China launches first Test Atom

    China launches first Test Atom

    National scare as more countries gain nuclear power.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    USSR invades Afghanistan and fight for 10 years.
  • Gorbachev Comes to Power

    Gorbachev Comes to Power

    Soviet Union leader
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    Nuetral Nuclear Arms Treaty
  • Berlin Wall (Deconstructed)

    Berlin Wall (Deconstructed)

    Riots and parties were thrown at the sight of the demolition.
  • German Unification

    German Unification

    Berlin Wall seperating East and West Berlin was taken down.
  • Germany Reunifies

    Germany Reunifies

    East Germany and West Germany finally rejoin as one single country.
  • USSR Breakup

    USSR Breakup

    Russia takes place as new country.