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1945 Defeat of Germany and Japan
February 4-11: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins May 8: VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin July: Potsdam Conference - Germany was officially partitioned into four zones of occupation. -
1946
February 9: Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible March 5 : "Sinews of Peace" Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain"
has descended on Europe" -
1948
February 25 : Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia March 2: Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies March 17: Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism -
1947
March 12 : Truman Doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War June : Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat
poverty, disease and malnutrition September 2: Rio Pact - U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone
around the hemisphere -
Period: to
Cold war timeline
January 1, 1947 through December 31, 1966 -
1949
April 4 : NATO ratified May 12 : Berlin Blockade ends 29 August : Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
1950
January 30 - Truman approved H-bomb development
February : Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt and loyalty tests
June 24: Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea
equipped with Soviet weapons -
1951
January 12: Federal Civil Defense Administration established
April 11 : Truman fires MacArthur -
1953
March 17-June 4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site April 15: RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power" July : Korean War ends -
1952
A-bombs developed by Britain- February 18: Greece and Turkey join NATO.
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1954
March 1: H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
March : KGB established
CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and July :
Vietnam split at 17th parallel -
1955
1955
May : Warsaw Pact formed -
1956
June 29: USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers September 4: USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan October 29: Suez Crisis began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces
in the Sinai -
1957
August 26: Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
October 4 : Sputnik launched into orbitNovember 3: Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space -
1958
January 31: Explorer I launched\
July :
NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket November : Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin -
1959
January : Cuba taken over by Fidel
September : Khrushchev visits United States; The Kitchen Debate -
1960
A-bombs developed by France
May : Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territoryNovember : John F. Kennedy elected President of USA
December 19: Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
1961
April : Bay of Pigs invasion see Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline August 13 : Berlin border is closed August 17 : Construction of Berlin Wall begins -
1962
U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases
October : Cuban Missile Crisis -
1963
July : Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified
November 22: President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas -
1964
August : Gulf of Tonkin incident
Atomic bombs developed by china -
1965
April : U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism
July : Announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam -
1966
B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
military involvment in vietnam
June 29 – Vietnam War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong. June 30