The Cold War 1945 - 1991

The Cold War 1945 - 1991

Period: Aug 29, 1945 to Dec 26, 1991

http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/cold_war_timeline.htm http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm

First Communist Government is set up in Albania.

Jan 16, 1946

http://the-all-things-fishfam.wikia.com/wiki/Communism

Communists take over Poland

Jan 11, 1947

Truman Doctorine is announced in March of 1947. http://www.theoveranalyst.org/blog/2015/12/30/something-my-degree-taught-me

Beginning of Berlin Airlift

Jun 20, 1948

http://in.reuters.com/news/picture/berliners-face-emotional-vote-on-cold-wa?articleId=INL2115217820080422

NATO is established.

Apr 7, 1949

NATO meaning North Atlantic Treaty Organization. http://www.nato.int/

Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb.

Aug 22, 1949

In October of this same year, the Communists win the Chinese Civil War. http://www.historywiz.com/coldwar.htm

U.N. and U.S. soldiers fight agaisnt North Korean armies.

Jun 10, 1950

https://www.army.mil/article/100441

Korean War ends

Jul 27, 1953

In August of this same year, the U.S. sponsors an overthrow of the Iranian government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea

Warsaw Pact is Formed

May 8, 1955

In July of this same year, President D. Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev have the First Summit Meeting.
https://jfkplusfifty.wordpress.com/category/blowin-in-the-wind/

Warsaw Pact Is Signed

May 28, 1955

This pact included The Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact

Soviets launch their first ever man-made satellite

Oct 23, 1957

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/329607266451383507/

Fidel Castro enforces Communist Government while Premier of Cuba

Feb 8, 1959

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/329607266451383507/

Cubas Bay of Pigs invasion

Apr 23, 1961

In August of this same year, the Berlin Wall is built by East Germany.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/10/12/robert-kennedy-documents-show-150000-mafia-plan-to-kill-fidel-castro/

Sino-Soviet Conflict Begins

Jun 16, 1962

In October of this same year, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis

President of the United States, Richard Nixon, goes to China

Feb 19, 1972

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks

The reunification of Germany is decided by George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev

May 3, 1990

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8254644/German-economy-grows-at-fastest-pace-since-reunification.html

Unsuccessful overthrow of Mikhail Gorbachev is staged by rebellious group against Communism

Aug 12, 1991

In this same year, Boris Yeltsin becomes president of Russia, and the Soviet Union is terminated.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/22/brexit-eu-going-way-soviet-union-2/