Cold War Timeline

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  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Conference for setting Europes organization after World War 2
  • arms race

    arms race

    Arms race following the H-bomb explosion in Japan.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Says that the united states will help other democrocies that are under threat.
  • Marshall plan

    Marshall plan

    Marshall plan drafted
  • berlin blockade

    berlin blockade

    soviet union forms blockade to keep allied countries from getting into their parts of the country.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    russia closing off their part of Berlin from the other countries.
  • Korean war

    Korean war

    Korean war began
  • Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin Dies

    leader of Russia dies
  • Nakita Krushchev comes to power.

    Nakita Krushchev comes to power.

    Soviet leader to replace stalin.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    race to see which country can go to space successfully.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam war began
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    Plane was shot down while taking pictures for the CIA over russia, Francis Gary Powers, pilot captured and held in Russia.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    President Kennedy has Cuban exiles invade Cuba to try to get the people to revolt against the Cuban government.
  • Berlin Wall (start)

    Berlin Wall (start)

    berlin wall construction began
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    USSR moves missiles into Cuba. United States was afraid of missiles being so close.
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Union invade Afghanistan.
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    INF treaty signed
  • Fall of the berln wall.

    Fall of the berln wall.

    The Berlin wall is torn down
  • Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power

    Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power

    Gorbachev turns the Soviet Union from communisim to a democracy.
  • German Unification

    German Unification

    east and west germany unifiy to form one country
  • U.S.S.R. Breakup

    U.S.S.R. Breakup

    The Soviet Union breaks up and allows democracy.