Cold War to the Modern Day

By michellehahm

  • Yalta Conference

    Representatives from USSR, USA, and Britain met to discuss the post-war world.

  • Potsdam Conference

    USSR, USA, and Britain met again in the final conference of the war.

  • Chinese Civil War begins

    War between Communists and Nationalists (Mao vs. Jiang)
    (1946-1949)

  • Truman Doctrine

    Support for countries that reject Communism.

  • The Marshall Plan

    Provided $12.5 billion to help rebuild Western Europe.

  • North American Treaty Organization(NATO)

    "Attack on any member nation will be met with a response of physical force"

  • Soviets successfully test an atom bomb

  • China falls to Communism

  • Berlin Blockade

    one of the first acts of Cold War aggression

  • Start of Korean War

    NK attacks SK to unite Korea under Communism

  • General MacArthur

    US General MacArthur appointed by the UN to take the UN force to help SK out

  • Arms Race Starts

    Competition regarding arms between US and USSR

  • US develops hydrogen bomb

  • USSR tests its first hydrogen bomb

  • Cease fire of Korean War

    CEASE FIRE, not an official end to the war.

  • The Warsaw Pact

    USSR's defence pact with its allies in Eastern Europe

  • The Space War

    Competition between US and USSR regarding space science
    (1957-1969)

  • US launches their own satellite

  • Soviet Yuri Gargarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth

  • John Glenn becomes first American to travel outer space

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Missiles were being set up in Cuba by the Communists. USSR's reaction to Marshall Plan

  • Vietnam War

    War between North and South Vietnams, each supported by USSR and USA; north wins
    (1964-1974)

  • US lands on the moon

  • Berlin Wall falls

  • Cold War ends