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Timeline showing the events during the cold war
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover -
Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country reprimanded aid from the US severely. Consequently, the help was only given to Western European Countries. -
The USSR set up Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) which was the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties. -
The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany -
Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. -
U.S. President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces. -
Russia ended the blockade of Berlin. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
The State of Israel was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as its 59th member on 11 May 1949. -
On January 31, 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb -
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
United Nations forces recapture Seoul during Operation Ripper. By the end of March, they have reached the 38th Parallel, and formed a defensive line across the Korean peninsula -
President Truman fires Douglas MacArthur from command of US forces in Korea due to him demanding nuclear weapons to be used on the enemy. -
Chinese forces cross the border and enter the conflict. Within weeks United Nations troops are forced back south. -
Law on the accession of Turkey to the North Atlantic Treaty was endorsed on 18 February 1952 and Turkey became a NATO member together with Greece. -
The Marshall Plan ends, with European industrial output now well above that of 1948. -
The world's first thermonuclear weapon test, code-named Mike, was carried out by the United States at Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands -
Stalin dies, setting off a power struggle to succeed him. NATO debates possibility of a fresh start. -
The Cuban Revolution begins as the 26th of July Movement lead by Fidel Castro attempts to overthrow the government of Fulgencio Batista. -
An armistice agreement ends fighting in the Korean War After Eisenhower threatens the use of nuclear weapons -
The U.S. launches the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus. The nuclear submarine would become the ultimate nuclear deterrent. -
U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement is signed by the United States and Japan. -
This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. -
Soviet aid to Syria begins. The Syrians will remain allies of the Soviets until the end of the Cold War. -
This was accomplished on May 5, 1955, when those nations issued a proclamation declaring an end to the military occupation of West Germany. -
The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
The United States and the United Kingdom cancel offers of aid on the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt due to its arms purchases from the Eastern Bloc. -
Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Hungarians revolt against the Soviet dominated government. They are crushed by the Soviet military, which reinstates a Communist government. -
Dwight Eisenhower wins re-election, defeating Adlai Stevenson for the second time in the 1956 presidential election -
President JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election