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The Cold War (1945-1991)

By BrookeStani

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Joseph Stalin gains knowledge that the United States of America has access to nuclear weapons

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    President Harry Truman agrees to give aid to Greece and Turkey in order to stay protected from Soviet control

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Stalin orders a blockade to be put up in order to divide West Germany and Berlin in hopes of starving out the French, British, and American forces within Berlin. The Western countries then launch what is known as the "Berlin Airlift" in order to airdrop food and supplies to the people being affected by the blockade. Berlin Airlift is successful.

  • NATO

    NATO
    NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
    The treaty includes: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United Sates.

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    Numerous American celebrities are being falsely accused of belonging to the Communist party. Those added to the "blacklist" were out of jobs for years. This is a prime example of how Americans were allowing fear to control their lives.

  • Soviet Nuclear Bomb

    Soviet Nuclear Bomb
    Soviets test their first nuclear bomb. The Soviets are officially capable of producing nuclear bombs. No other country attained this power besides the U.S. until now.

  • America Takes the Lead!

    America Takes the Lead!
    America successfully test their first thermonuclear bomb named Ivy Mike, which demonstrates that America has the "bigger bombs"

  • NASA

    NASA
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administrations is formed.

  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1
    Soviet Union successfully launches Vostok 1 and becomes the leaders in the "Space Race" with America.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Secretly, the soviets have been installing military basis with nuclear weapons on Cuba, about 90 miles out from U.S. land. A naval blockade is ordered from Kennedy and eventually the Soviets and United States come to a compromise to each withdraw their nuclear weapons from countries surrounding each mainland.

  • Operation Menu

    Operation Menu
    United States secretly bombs communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.

  • Man On the Moon

    Man On the Moon
    Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins become the first men and Americans to successfully land on the moon. Technically putting America back in the race.

  • SALT II

    SALT II
    President Jimmy Carter and the soviet leader come to an agreement (SALT II) that limitations and guidelines must be set with nuclear warfare.

  • Peace Has Begun

    Peace Has Begun
    The Berlin Wall has been breached and peace begins to sink in between the two butting-head countries.

  • The End

    The End
    President George H. W. Bush gives a speech on Christmas Day to officially declare the end of the Cold War. Works Cited:
    http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-historyhttp://orientalreview.org/2013/05/06/nato-and-its-future-in-post-cold-war-scenario/