Cold war

Cold War Timeline

By STOM671

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain
    The Iron Curtain was a term used to express the separation of the nations in the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War.This separation lasted from 1945 to 1991.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Also known as the European Recovery Plan, was a program in which the US would aid European Countries in rebuilding their nations after the devastation of World War II.One of the main goals of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the spread of Communism in other countries.

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organiztion. This organization was an alliance between Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These nations were anti-communism countries aiming to prevent the spread of such types of governments.

  • Creation of the Warsaw Pact

    Creation of the Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact was an alliance of the Eastern countries inclduing Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria.

  • Trouble in Vietnam

    Trouble in Vietnam
    South Vietnam was an ally to the US whereas North Vietnam was an ally to the communist nations. A war broke out between these two halves of the country as the US tried to prevent the spread of communism if and when the North would control the South.

  • Sputnik raises more tension

    Sputnik raises more tension
    The successful launch of the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik alarmed the US as they feared the Soviet's had an advantage over them.

  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    Under the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, a United States Spy plane was shot down while flying over Soviet Union territory.The US denied the purpose of the plane at first but later admitted to its purpose after the remains of the plane and surviving pilot were taken in by the Soviets.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    The United States CIA sponsored an attack on Cuba. This attack was an attempt at removing the dictator Fiedl Castro from power.

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
    on November 9, 1989 the Berlin wall finally comes to a fall symbolizing the near end of the Cold War.East Germany and West Germany were united once again.

  • Dissolution of the USSR

    Dissolution of the USSR
    The Soivet Union had formally declared it's end. The fifteen nations within it had been granted independence. The Cold War had officialy come to an end.