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Cold War Timeline

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  • Endong of WW2

    WW2 ends, which also ends American-soviet cooperation.
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    Cold War

  • Definition

    (1948-49)

    Berlin Wall:(WW11)GErmany, Soviet Union blocked the Western allies railway, road, and canal access to sections of Berlin.

  • Definition

    Marshall Plan: American initiative to aid western Europe.

  • Berlin blockade 1948-49

    Berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tensions.

  • Marshall Plan

    Truman establishes the Marshall Plan to contain communist expansion.

  • Definition

    NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty.

  • NATO

    Creation of NATO to deter any aggression from the soviet bloc.

  • Definition

    Korean War: Between North and South Korea.

  • KPorean War

    BEgins after the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN. Starting the proxy war.

  • Definition

    Warsaw Pact: Military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe.
    Collective security: Cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each.

  • Warsaw Pact

    CReation of the Warsaw Pact as a response to NATO throught Collective security.

  • Hungarian UPrising

    Demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified, but this is crused by the Warsaw Pact forces.

  • Definition

    Peaceful co-existence: competition without war.

  • Definition

    Berlin Wall; Divided Berlin from 1961-89.(West and East)
    Expansion: Action of becoming larger or more extensive.

  • Berlin Wall

    Built to prevent further Western expansion in the region.

  • Peace

    Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence.
    Peaceful co-existence:

  • Definition

    Cuban Missile crisis:Thirteen day confrontation between U.S. and the soviet over soviet Ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.
    Brinkmanship: Practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, usually in politics.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Almost leads to a nuclear war between the the superpowers due to brinkmanship.

  • Definition

    Prague Spring; Period of political liberalization in Czechsolovakia after WW2 by soviet Union.
    Brezhnev doctrine: Leonid Brezhnev gave right to soviet Union to intervene in affairs of Communist countries to strengthen communism.

  • Definition

    Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty: Objective to prevent spread of nuclear weapons and technology.

  • Prague Spring

    Ends when the Soviet Union invades, followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine.

  • Non-proliferation Treaty

    Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed.

  • Definition

    Helsinki Accord: Reduce tension between soviet and western bloc.
    Detente: Easing of hostility of strained relations, especially between countries.

  • Helsinki Accords

    Provides a degree of detente during the cold war.

  • Vietnam War

    Ends, demonstrating the failure of containment and the Domino theory.

  • Definition

    (1979-89)
    Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Lasted nine years.

  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan(1979-89)

    Leads to an increase of hostilities.

  • Definition

    Solidarity: Agreement of action, usually individuals with acommon interest.
    Pro-democracy: Movement of democracy to a country.

  • Pro-deocracy movement.

    Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland.

  • Definition

    START: Military doctrine developed by Indian Armed Forces in a possible war with Pakistan.
    Deterrence: Strategy intended to dissuade an adversary from taking an action not yet started.

  • START

    Is signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence.

  • Torn down

    Berlin Wall is torn down, a year later Germany is reunified.

  • Soviet Union

    Soviet Union ceases to exist, effectively ending the cold War.

  • Warsaw Pact(1999-2004)

    Warsaw Pact is dissolved, with some members seeking to join NATO.