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In June of 1947, the Marshall Plan was first announced to the public. This set a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition. -
A timeline reflecting the events that transpired during the Cold War.
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Harry Truman declared an active role in the Greek Civil War. -
The United States met with 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere. -
There was a communist takeover in Czechoslovakia. -
Harry Truman's Loyalty Program was created in order to catch Cold War spies. -
On this date, the Berlin Blockade began- lasting a total of 11 months. -
After nearly 11 months of combat, the Berlin Blockade finally ended on the 12th of May, 1949. -
On this day, Russia had tested out its first ever atomic bomb. -
Communist leader Mao Zedong took control of China, and established the People's Republic of China. -
In February of 1950, Joe McCarthy began to perform Communist witch hunts and loyalty tests. -
Harry Truman approved the development of the H-bomb, which would soon cause lots of fear in the public eye. -
As the Korean War began, Joseph Stalin was in support of North Korea, who invaded South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons. -
The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was established on this very day, 1951. It's purpose was to administer the national civil defense program and to coordinate mobilization. -
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty and charged of passing atomic secrets to Soviets. -
Harry Truman fired Douglas MacArthur because he had overstepped Truman's authority, defied direct orders from his superior, and interfered with Truman's hope of ending the Korean War quickly. -
Winston Churchill announced that Britain had in fact created an atomic bomb. -
Fulgencio Batista overthrew the Cuban government, which was under the rule of President Prio Socarras. -
Matyas Rakosi became the new prime minister of Hungary on the 14th of August, 1952. -
On the 15th of April, RAND gave a report on the vulnerability of United States strategic air power. -
On the 27th of July, 1953 an armistice was signed between the United States and Korea, ending the Korean War. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his speech on 'Atoms for Peace' in front of the United Nations. -
The United States had tested a Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) off the coast of the Marshall Islands. -
Months after Vietminh defeated French forces at Dien Bien Phu, France had agreed to leave North Vietnam. -
The South-East Asian Defence Treaty was signed in Manila, and made to become an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia. -
The Warsaw Pact was formed as a collective defense treaty. It was established by the Soviet Union, as well as seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe -
The diplomatic relations that were between West Germany and the Soviet Union had officially been restored. -
Ngo Dinh Diem had officially replaced Bo Dai as leader of South Vietnam. -
The USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, in order to suppress demonstrations by workers. -
The USSR had finally sent military aid to help the crisis going on in Afghanistan. -
The Suez Crisis had began with an Israeli attack, led by Moshe Dayan, against Egyptian forces located in the Sinai. -
Israeli forces had withdrawn from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt -
Andrei Gromyko had become the new foreign minister of the Soviet Union. -
President Dwight Eisenhower had decided to proceed with the United States' aid to Israel -
Explorer I had finally and officially been launched into outer space on this date. -
Nikita Khrushchev had met with Mao Zedong in China, in attempts to putting an end to all nuclear testing. -
The Soviet Union had demanded that all foreign troops be immediately withdrawn from Berlin. -
Cuban President Fidel Castro and his troops entered Havana to prepare for battle. -
Members of the states again voted against the admission of China into the United Nations -
The United Nations had difficultly decided to not intervene in the independence struggle happening in Algeria. -
The Soviet Union revealed that a United States spy plane had been shot down over Soviet territory. -
John F. Kennedy was elected into office, after winning against his competitor, Richard Nixon. -
Cuba openly aligned itself with the Soviet Union and all of their policies. -
The Berlin Border closed due to the major crisis occurring during this time. -
The Berlin Wall began to be built on this day. Little was anyone aware that it would soon be brought down. -
American and Soviet Union tanks faced off in Berlin at the United States Army's Checkpoint Charlie. -
A Launch Site near San Cristóbal, Cuba was found to be facing the United States coastal area. This caused an outburst of panic. -
The Soviet Union, United States and Britain all signed a nuclear test-ban treaty, which barred the testing of nuclear explosives. -
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was assassinated in Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam. -
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election. -
A United States aircraft bombed North Vietnam for the first time ever on this day. -
Alexsei Kosygin became the new prime minister of the Soviet Union. -
On this date, China set off and exploded its very first atomic bomb. -
United States Marines were sent down to the Dominican Republic in order to help fight against Communism -
The Soviet Union admitted to supplying and providing arms to North Vietnam -
Ho Chi Minh rejected the peace talks on the Vietnam War, which were offered by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Charles De Gaulle called for all United States forces to leave and evacuate Vietnam -
France withdrew all of its troops from NATO. -
Harold Wilson criticized the United States for bombing populated areas in North Vietnam.