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The Cold War Timeline

By santiagomondragon
  • atomic bomb

    atomic bomb

    The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000)
  • Period: to

    coldwar

  • H-bomb development

    H-bomb development

    Truman approved H-bomb development
  • warsaw pact formed

    warsaw pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed
  • A-bombs were droped

    A-bombs were droped

    A-bombs developed by France
  • Dominican Republic to fight Communism

    Dominican Republic to fight Communism

    U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism
  • President Nixon extends

    President Nixon extends

    President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
  • North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

    North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam

    North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces
  • leader Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity

    leader Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity

    Polish shipyard workers strike Solidarity Union formed. Strike leader Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity
  • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika"
  • president was elected

    president was elected

    Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia
  • cold war ends

    cold war ends

    End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends