Cold War Timeline

By greg.barker
  • United Nations formed

    United Nations formed

    Aiming to maintain international peace and security. It developed friendly relations among nations.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries. Creating stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive after WW2.
  • NATO formed

    NATO formed

    Provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    A failed attack was launched by the CIA. The Kennedy administration pushed Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.
  • Berlin wall comes down

    Berlin wall comes down

    Marked the fall of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe.