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Cold War Timeline

By kaseaharkness

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany to discuss terms for the end of World War II.

  • World War II Ends

    World War II Ends
    World War II ends. Japan surrenders following Germany's surrender.

  • Nuclear Weapon

    Nuclear Weapon
    China tests nuclear weapon.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    The End of the Blockade. By spring 1949, it was clear that the Soviet blockade of West Berlin had failed.

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    NATO is established. NATO - an alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty

  • Berlin Airlift Ends

    Berlin Airlift Ends
    The End of the Blockade. By spring 1949, it was clear that the Soviet blockade of West Berlin had failed.

  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    Soviet Union tests atomic bomb.

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    The Berlin Wall falls.

  • Cold War Ends

    Cold War Ends
    The Cold War ends. Historians have never known the exact date of the war's end.

  • Soviet Union Collapses

    Soviet Union Collapses
    Soviet Union collapses. The Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries.