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The Cold War 1945-1991

By hvcombs
  • Cold War Begins

    Cold War Begins

    Big Three (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) meet at Yalta Conference, Soviets pledge to enter war.

  • Communists take over Czechoslovakia

    Czechoslovakia becomes a Communist country
  • Russia tests 1st atomic bomb

    Russia tests 1st atomic bomb

  • Korean War Begins

    Korean War Begins

    Stalin supports North Korea, US supports South Korea.
  • Vietnam Spilts at the 17th parallel

    Vietnam Spilts at the 17th parallel

    North becomes communist, South is a democracy.
  • Sputkik launched into space

    Sputkik launched into space

    The Soviet Union enters the space age.
  • Cuba aligns itself with Soviet Union

    Cuba aligns itself with Soviet Union

    Follows SU policies on communism led by Fidel Castro.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasions

    Bay of Pigs Invasions

    Failed Military invasion of Cuba by the United States
  • Berlin Wall Construction Begins

    Berlin Wall Construction Begins

    Germany splits into the east and west
  • United States and China establish diplomatic relations

    United States and China establish diplomatic relations

    Agree to get along
  • Chernobyl in the Ukraine explodes

    Chernobyl in the Ukraine explodes

    Worst Soviet nuclear plant accident, became known and the Chernobyl disaster
  • Regan and Gorbachev meet

    Regan and Gorbachev meet

    Agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missles.
  • Decline of the Soviet Union

    Decline of the Soviet Union

    Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Rumania become independent.
  • Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia

    Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia

    Soviet Union at the end
  • End of the Cold War

    End of the Cold War

    Soviet Empire collapses