"The Cold War" 1954-1991

By zelyggutierrez
  • KGB established

    KGB established

    KGB: Kmitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti of Soviet Union established in Moscow.
    KGB world's largest spy and state security machine. They would gather intelligence in other nations.
    Fell apart in the late 1980's.
  • Vietnam Split at the 17th parallel 1954

    Vietnam Split at the 17th parallel 1954

    Geneva Conference which was a form signed to end eight years of figthing between France and Vietnam
  • Hungarain Revolution 1956

    Hungarain Revolution 1956

    Hungarian uprising of 1956: nationwide revolt against the government. Major threat to the Soviet Union.
  • Nikita withdrawal of troops from Berlin 1958

    Nikita withdrawal of troops from Berlin 1958

    Nikita Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin. He was trying to turn Europe back into it's whole self.
  • Castro takes over Cuba 1959

    Castro takes over Cuba 1959

    Fidel Castro sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.

  • John F. Kennedy elected President of the United States 1960

    Becomes youngest man to be elected president of the United States. Meeting the challenges facing the strongest nation in the free world.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba 1961

    Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba 1961

    U.S attempted to destroy the communist government of Fidel Castro which was a total failure.
    Castro used this as an opportunity to recieve more aid from the Soviet Union which sparked the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962
  • Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

    Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

    Due to the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion the Cuban Missile crisis was intact. Closest the world has ever came to a nuclear war. John F. Kennedy and Nikta Khrunshchev prevented this from occuring.
  • Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964

    Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964

    Start of Vietnam war: North Vietnam attacked the United States two separate times in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • China detonates it's first atomic bomb 1964

    China detonates it's first atomic bomb 1964

    Successfully explodes it's first atomic bomb.
    Republic of China was promised to be supported by the Soviet Union in any development of nuclear kind. USSR refused to provide such aid in 1959.
  • President Nixon extends Vietnam war to Cambodia 1970

    President Nixon extends Vietnam war to Cambodia 1970

    Causes a shift mood with the environment. Citizens of the United States ad the president of the country are not on the same page. Leading to an uproar against President Nixon.
  • United States helps overthrow Chile Government 1973

    United States helps overthrow Chile Government 1973

    President Salvador Allende was overthrown by Chilean Military which was motivated by the United States. Allende was involved with the Chilean Communist Party.
  • Berlin Wall Falls 1989

    Berlin Wall Falls 1989

    1961- Wall was buolt between East and West Berling to keep Western fascists from entering East Germany.
    1989: Berlin's Communist Party announced change in the city's relationship with the West.
    The wall was destroyed by citizens of Berlin.
  • Communist Parties fall in: 1989

    Communist Parties fall in: 1989

    Communist Government falls in: Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Rumania.
    Soviet Empire ends.
  • End of Soviet Union: Cold war Ends 1991

    End of Soviet Union: Cold war Ends 1991

    Soviet Union splits into 15 different countries.
    "Victory for freedom"