Cold War Timeline

  • United Nations Formed

    United Nations Formed

    Th United Nations where created to maintain international peace and security, and to have nations around the world create relations to help better society.
  • Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10

    These where 10 motion picture producers, directors, and screenwriters, who where charged with investigating allegations of communist subversions and influence.
  • The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine

    This was foreign policy that had the main goal of stopping the expansion of the Soviets Communist government.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    This was a plan to help western Europe rebuild after WW2. The US gave 13 billion to help aid and rebuild.
  • NATO Formed

    NATO Formed

    This was created to have collected security against the Soviet Union. All nations in NATO are allies in any type of war, so if another county not in NATO attacks a country in NATO, all of NATO declares war.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    The Korean war started with North Korea invading South Korea. North Korea was supported by the Soviets and had a communist government, so stop the spread of communism the Us joined and supported and fought in the war, on South Koreas side.
  • The Space Race

    The Space Race

    The Soviets and United States where always trying to one up each-other in any-type of technology. This was a race to space, and the US "won" when they landed on the moon.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba by the US. We wanted to invade because the Soviets had nuclear weapons stored there. This was a response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • Berlin wall goes up

    Berlin wall goes up

    The Berlin wall was made so it could split the west and east of Europe, the west being democracy and the east communism. The wall basically was a physical representation of the conflict between Russia and the US, along with The UK and France.
  • US enters the Vietnam War

    US enters the Vietnam War

    The US entered the war to stop the spread of communism, along with foreign policy, and economic interest.
  • Soviets Invade Afghanistan

    Soviets Invade Afghanistan

    The Soviets did this so they control and support the Afghanistans Communist Government.
  • Berlin Wall Comes Down

    Berlin Wall Comes Down

    This was huge moment in the cold war and Germany. It fell because of constant pressure from eastern Germany. The Soviet Union was starting its downfall and this kind of represented it.