Cold war

Cold War Timeline

By BrianBush
  • End Of World War 2

    End Of World War 2

    Yalta Meeting, World War II ends in Europe. U.S. fires an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe
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    Cold War Timeline

  • Communist Set Up

    Communist Set Up

    European communist Government set up in Alabania.
  • NATO Was Formed

    NATO Was Formed

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established. Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb. The Communists win Chinese Civil War.
  • Korean War Ends

    Korean War Ends

    U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces (the Korean War ends July 27, 1953)
  • Warsaw Pact Formed

    Warsaw Pact Formed

    Warsaw Pact formed. First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. East Germany builds Berlin Wall.
  • U.S Attack on Vietnam

    U.S Attack on Vietnam

    U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic. U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
  • Diplomatic Relations

    Diplomatic Relations

    U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations. Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan.
  • Post-War in China

    Post-War in China

    Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government. Solidarity forms the first post-war non-Communist government in PolandHungary declares a non-Communist government. East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany. Berlin Wall is demolished.
  • The Soviet Union is Destroyed

    The Soviet Union is Destroyed

    Hard-line Communists stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.