Timeline: The Cold War | Timetoast

Feb 24, 1945

Yalta Conference- Cold War Beging

The "Big Three" (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) meet at conference. Soviet gains control over East Europe.
Aug 14, 1945

End of World War II

Japan surrenders after U.S drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Mar 5, 1946

Churchill Iron Curtain Speech
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine
Jun 24, 1948

Berlin Blockade Begins
Period: Apr 4, 1949 to Oct 1, 1949

NATO Ratified

Berlin Blockade ends and People's Republic of China forms.
Jun 24, 1950

Korean War Begins

Stalin supports North Korea and equips North Korea with Soviet weapons.
Period: Mar 17, 1953 to Jun 4, 1953

Nuclear Arms Race
Jul 24, 1953

Korean War Ends
Mar 1, 1954

KGB Established
Jan 12, 1955

Warsaw Pact Forms
Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik launched
Period: Jan 31, 1958 to Nov 25, 1958

Explorer Launched

Khrushchev demands withdraw of troops from Berlin.
Period: Jan 24, 1959 to Dec 25, 1959

Castro Takes Over Cuba
Period: Nov 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1960

Kennedy Elected/ Soviet Cuba

John F. Kennedy is elected as U.S President. Cuba officially announces its alignment with the Soviet Union.
Period: Apr 24, 1961 to Aug 31, 1961

Bay of Pigs/ Berlin Wall Built
Oct 1, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Nov 22, 1963

President Kennedy Assaissinated
Jan 1, 1985

Gorbachev Announced as Leader of Soviet Union

Announces campaigns, "glasnost" and "perestroika".
Period: Nov 24, 1989 to Dec 25, 1989

Decline of Soviet Union

Berlin Wall is demolished and Communist government falls.
May 29, 1990

Boris Yeltsin Elected as President of Russia
Aug 15, 1991

End of Cold War