cold war timeline

  • Berlin Airlift (Beginning)

    Berlin Airlift (Beginning)
    A military operation by the U.S. that brought supplies by air to west berlin when the Soviet Union blockaded the city.
  • Creation of Nato

    Creation of Nato
    An alliance treaty to keep peace throughout the war
  • Berlin Airlift (End)

  • Korean War (Beginning)

    Korean War (Beginning)
    A three-year war between north and South Korea fighting off each other's governments
  • Korean War (End)

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of  Warsaw Pact
    A collective defense treaty made by the Soviet union to make a balanced force against NATO (consisting of The Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania)
  • Vietnam War (Beginning)

    Vietnam War (Beginning)
    North Vietnam war wanted to join South Vietnam with a communist government but South Vietnam fought if off
  • Spunik

    Spunik
    The first satellite sent into space by the soviet union
  • construction of Berlin wall

    construction of Berlin wall
    The wall was built to prevent people from escaping from the Communis soviet ran the side of Germany.
  • Cuban missile crisis (Beginning)

    Cuban missile crisis (Beginning)
    U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba 90 miles from the U.S
  • Cuban missile crisis (End)

  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    The first crew mission to land on the moon was made by America
  • Vietnam war (end)

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of  Berlin Wall
    Tearing the wall down was the first step to Germany being unified again it began as crowds stormed the wall