The Cold War

By macy
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Agreement to temporarily divide Germany.
  • First Atomic Bomb

    First Atomic Bomb

    The United States used its first atomic bomb in the war.
  • Japanese Surrender

    Japanese Surrender

    V-J Day
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain

    Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech.
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan is announced
  • The Berlin Blockade

    The Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade begins
  • NATO

    NATO

    NATO ratified!
  • USSR- atomic bomb

    USSR- atomic bomb

    USSR explodes their first atomic bomb.
  • Mao Zedong

    Mao Zedong

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China.
  • Joseph McCarthy

    Joseph McCarthy

    Joseph McCarthy begins communist wich-hunt.
  • Korean War starts!

    Korean War starts!

    Korean war begins.
  • Rosenberg Executions

    Rosenberg Executions

  • Korean War Ends

    Korean War Ends

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw pact was formed

    Warsaw pact was formed

  • Sputnik is launched!

    Sputnik is launched!

  • Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

  • U-2 plane shot down over USSR

    U-2 plane shot down over USSR

  • John F. Kennedy elected president

    John F. Kennedy elected president

  • Bay of pigs invation!

    Bay of pigs invation!

  • Construction of the Berlin Wall begins!

    Construction of the Berlin Wall begins!

  • Cuban Missile Crisis!

    Cuban Missile Crisis!

  • Saigon, South Vietnam falls to communism!

    Saigon, South Vietnam falls to communism!

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls

  • Soviet empire falls!

    Soviet empire falls!

  • Germany Reunited

    Germany Reunited

  • U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

    U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War