The Cold War

By t.mueller2
  • WWII Ends

    WWII Ends

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

    Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Berlin Blockade begins

    Berlin Blockade begins

  • NATO ratified

    NATO ratified

  • McCarthyism begins

    McCarthyism begins

    Red Terror
  • Korean War

    Korean War

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

  • Krushchev calls for Peaceful Coexistence

    Krushchev calls for Peaceful Coexistence

    Socialist states could peacefully coexist with capitalistic states.
  • Hungarian Uprising

    Hungarian Uprising

    Demonstrates that the Warsaw pact is not ideologically unified, but this liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw pact forces
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Almost leads to a nuclear war between superpowers due to Brinkmanship
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Built to prevent further western expansion in the region
  • Prague Spring ends

    Prague Spring ends

    Ends when the soviet union invades followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation

    Nuclear Non-Proliferation

    This treaty is signed
  • Helsinki Accords

    Helsinki Accords

    Provide a degree of detente during the cold war
  • Vietnam War ends

    Vietnam War ends

    Demonstrates the failure of containment and the Domino Theory
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Leads to increase in hostilities
  • Solidarity

    Solidarity

    Trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland
  • Berlin Wall is torn down

    Berlin Wall is torn down

    A year later Germany is reunited
  • START is signed

    START is signed

    to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence
  • Warsaw Pact is dissolved

    Warsaw Pact is dissolved

    with some members seeking to join NATO
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

    Collapse of the Soviet Union

    Effectively ending the cold war