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Cold War Timeline

By marilynpeoples

  • Berlin Blockade and Airlift

    Berlin Blockade and Airlift
    It was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. It was the turning point in post world war II Europe.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    This brought alot of heated tension between the U.S and the Soviet Union. The U.S feared that the Soviet Union intended to "export" communism to other nations.

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    This is where the US and Soviets had an intense rivalry about space and who can get the farthest first. Soviets started with the lead with Sputnik 1, however when the kept competing it actually brought them together and made the International Space Station.

  • U-2 Reconnaissance Plane

    U-2 Reconnaissance Plane
    This is where the US’s CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and this lead to an embarrassing conference between US and Soviets. (Embarrassing for the US) I don't know how the U.S would come out of this one.

  • Bay Of Pigs

    Bay Of Pigs
    This where the US tried to invade Cuba but failed miserably, this embarrassed the US AGAIN. The reason for the invasion was because the U.S. government distrusted Castro and was wary of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union.

  • Tear Down This Wall!

    Tear Down This Wall!
    This when Reagan visited the Berlin Wall, this showed continued commitment to the people of West Berlin. Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall became known as a symbol of communist oppression. This is what the U.S feared.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    This was the the closest to the US and the Soviets actually fighting. This includes nuclear warfare also. They were basically showing off their nuclear weapons.

  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
    The U.S and the Soviet Union were talking about creating treaties. This was one of the first steps to slow the arms race.

  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan
    The US and the Soviets each back a different side and this led to the US boycotting the 1980 Olympics. This war lasted over nine years.

  • Reunited Germany

    Reunited Germany
    This where East and west Germany reunited, East Germany was no longer Communist, and this was evidence that the War Saw Pact’s days were numbered.