The Cold War

By Sidney Planteen

  • Truman Inauguration

  • Truman Doctorine

    A way to contain communism was made and a pledge to not allow it to spread was formed.

  • Marshall Plan Effective

  • Berlin Blockade

    USSR prevented supplies from traveling to West Berlin and the USA began to air lift supplies, preventing their plan to starve out the West Berlin Residents and have control over the whole city.

  • COMECON

    Communist countries are now backed be Russia.

  • NATO is Founded

    Many countries join in a military alliance.
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    Truman Approved of Hydrogen Bomb Development

  • Eisenhower is Inaugurated

  • Warsaw Pact Founded

  • Warsaw Pact

    Many communist countries are now banded together and have an alliance.

  • Sputnik

    The Soviets won the space race to put a satellite into orbit. This lead to easier ways of spying.

  • Khrushchev Comes to Power

  • Fidel Castro Sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba

    Cuba's new leader will become important and will allow many important events to occur.

  • U 2 Incident

    USA spy plane was shot down over the USSR, tensions become higher.

  • John F. Kennedy Inauguration

  • Bay of Pigs

  • Yuri Gagarin (First Man in Space)

    Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and this marked the fact that the USSR won the human space race.

  • Building of the Berlin Wall

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba allowed the USSR to place missiles closer to USA soil.

  • Vietnamization

    A military strategy to help in the Vietnam war and localizing the problem so that the communism will die out, in this country. This, also saves American lives.

  • Détente

  • Perestroika

  • Glasnost

  • Berlin Wall Being Torn Down

    The wall that once separated East and West Berlin is now gone and people can pass through freely.