Early Cold War Timeline

By 18mcummings

  • 5.) Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)

    5.) Chinese Civil War (between Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong)
    Communists won the Civil War because they made fewer military mistakes than Chiang Kai-Shek, and because in his search for a powerful centralized governmen.Chiang antagonized too many interest groups in China. Furthermore, his party was weakened in the war against Japan.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutschmark from West Berlin. In response, the Western Allies.

  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO
    In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States.11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    In response, the Western Allies .Organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin.

  • National Security Council Report NSC-68

    National Security Council Report NSC-68
    It was one of the most significant statements of American policy.Cold War for the next 20 years, and involved a decision to increase the pressure.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and—by agreement with the United States—occupied Korea north.two separate governments had been set up.

  • President Truman fires General MacArthur

    President Truman fires General MacArthur
    commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies. MacArthur was a popular hero of World War II.

  • Formation of the Warsaw Pact

    Formation of the Warsaw Pact
    The regional economic organization for the communist States of Central and Eastern Europe.But was primarily motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe.

  • Launching of Sputnik

    Launching of Sputnik
    polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    election was underway in the U.S. and the White House had denied Republican charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida.The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from entering Cuba.