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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Creation of NATO
NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
The Korean War
war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). War continued until July 27th, 1953 -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The founding treaty was established under the initiative of the Soviet Union and signed on 14 May 1955, in Warsaw -
Vietnam War
military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia until April 30th, 1975 -
Soviet launch Sputnik
The Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. -
U-2 Spy Plane Controversy
U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, The U-2 Spy Plane Controversy occured during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 in April 1961 -
Berlin Wall Construction
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in October 1962. It is one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
The Six Day War
The Six Day War was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria. -
US Invades Grenada
The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation -
Fall of Berlin Wall/ German Reunification
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic to seperate East and West Berlin.
