Timeline: The Cold War

1989 BCE

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin wall was fall in 1989

1985 BCE

USSR changes his politices

In 1985, the USSR began to change its policies. Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and brought
some changes

1972 BCE

Agreement with USA and the USSR

In 1972, the USSR and the USA agreed to limit their nuclear weapons and they signed the strategic
Arms Limitation Talks Agreement (SALT 1).

1961 BCE

JFK became the president of the USA

The Democrat John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the president in 1961 and tensions with the
eastern bloc were reduced.

1961 BCE

Wall of Berlin

In Berlin, 2,5 million people left East Berlin for the West,
half of them were young people. A 30 mile barrier (wall)
was erected (13th August 1961) across the city of Berlin
dividing the Eastern sector from the West.

1961 BCE

Invasion of Cuba by the USA

In 1961,
President Kennedy authorized an invasion of Cuba
by rebels trained by the CIA. They landed in the
Bay of Pigs, but they were defeated.

1959 BCE

Fidel Castro

In 1959, Castro began a guerrilla war and
soon marched on Cuba´s capital, Havana, and overthrew the government.

1957 BCE

Treaty of Rome

Treaty of Rome (25th March 1957). It constituted the creation of the European Economic
Community (EEC) or Common Market.

1956 BCE

Poland went on a strike

Polish workers in Poznan went on strike (1956) but
were soon controlled by Russian troops.

1953 BCE

Korea War

MacArthur wanted to attack China but Truman disagreed and MacArthur was dismissed. Truman
looked for peace and a cease-fire was agreed on in 1953.

1951 BCE

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris (18th April 1951). It involved the creation of the European Coal and Steel
Community (ECSC) It was signed by France, Western Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands,
and Luxembourg. It created a free-trade area for coal and steel in the signing countries

1949 BCE

Germany divided

In 1949 two new states were formed: the German Federal Republic (West Germany) and the
German Democratic Republic. The frontier between Eastern and Western Europe had been
drawn in Berlin.

1949 BCE

NATO is created

In 1949, the Western Powers formed NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) against the
communist threat. The Eastern Bloc formed the Warsaw Pact (1955).

1948 BCE

Benelux Custom Union

Benelux Customs Union (1948). It was an agreement that was signed by Belgium, the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg in order to remove customs and to promote free movement of
capital, goods, and workers.