The cold war

By jemrules

  • 1945

    Defeat of Germany and Japan

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'

  • Soviet Control of Europe

    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins

  • VE day

    Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin

  • Potsdam Conference

    Germany was officially partitioned into four zones of occupation.

  • Hiroshima Bombing

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000)

  • Russia declares war on Japan

    Russia declares war on Japan

  • Nagasaki Bomb

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton 'Fat Man' kills 70,000)

  • Japanese surrender

    Japanese surrender End of World War II

  • Emperor surrender

    Emperor surrender broadcast - VJ Day

  • Stalin hostile speech

    Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible

  • Sinews of peace

    Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain" has
    descended on Europe"

  • March 10 - Truman demands Russia leave Iran

    March 10 - Truman demands Russia leave Iran

  • Operation Crossroads

    Operation Crossroads with Test Able was the first public demonstration of America's atomic
    arsenal

  • America's test baker

    underwater explosion

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War

  • Martial plan

    Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and
    malnutrition

  • Rio pact

    U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the
    hemisphere

  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

    Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies

    Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies

  • Brussels pact

    Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months

  • NATO ratified

    NATO ratified

  • Berlin Blockade ends

    Berlin Blockade ends

  • Russia testing

    Russia tested its first atomic bomb

  • Mao Zedong takes control

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of
    China

  • Chian Kai-shek

    Chiang Kai-shek moved to Formosa and created Nationalist government

  • Truman approved H-bomb development

    Truman approved H-bomb development

  • Korean war begins

    Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with
    Soviet weapons

  • Federal Civil Defense Administration established

    Federal Civil Defense Administration established

  • Truman fires MacArthur

    Truman fires MacArthur

  • Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site

    Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site

  • RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power"

    RAND report on the "Vulnerability of U. S. Strategic Air Power"

  • Korean war ends

    Korean war ends

  • Ike's Atoms for Peace speech

    Ike's Atoms for Peace speech

  • H-bomb Castle-Bravo test

    H-bomb Castle-Bravo test

  • KGB established

    KGB established

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed