Cold War TimeLine BenJanae Boyd

  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders
  • Japan Surrenders

    	Japan Surrenders
  • The Soviet Union occupies East Germany

    	The Soviet Union occupies East Germany
  • Truman Doctrine Speech

    	Truman Doctrine Speech
  • Marshall Plan is proposed

    Marshall Plan is proposed
  • China Becomes Communist

    China Becomes Communist
  • NATO is established

    NATO is established
  • Soviet Gain Nuclear Weapons

    Soviet Gain Nuclear Weapons
  • South Korea is invaded by North

    	South Korea is invaded by North
  • . Truman fires General MacArthur

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president

    	Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected  president
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed

    Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed
  • Warsaw Pact is established

    	Warsaw Pact is established
  • Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba

    Fidel Castro becomes the leader of  Cuba
  • Bay of Pigs attack

    Bay of Pigs attack
  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis
  • President John F. Kennedy is assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
  • Gulf of Tonkin attack

    Gulf of Tonkin attack
  • Nixon becomes President

    Nixon becomes President
  • North Vietnam captures Saigon

    North Vietnam captures Saigon