Coldwar

The Cold War: timeline

By bauzagr
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    The World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
  • Potsdam Conference

    The leaders of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union met at the Potsdam Conference near Berlin from July 17 to August 2, in what was a crucial moment in defining the new, post-World War II balance of power. The summit also gave an early hint of the tensions that would develop between the U.S. and Soviet Union, which led to a Cold War struggle that lasted for more than four decades.
  • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
  • Breakdown of the Grand Alliance

    Breakdown of the Grand Alliance

  • The London Conference

    The London Conference of 1946–1947, was called by the British Government of Clement Attlee to resolve the future governance of Palestine and negotiate an end of the Mandate. It was scheduled following an Arab request after the April 1946 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry report
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman.
  • Cominform

    The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties, commonly known as Cominform, was the official central organization of the International Communist Movement from 1947 to 1956.
  • London Conference II

    The London Six-Power Conference in 1948 was held between the three Western occupation forces in Germany after the World War II (United States, Britain and France) and the Benelux countries. The aim of the conference was to pave the way for Germany's participation in the international community through the creation of a democratic and federal government in the area of the U.S., British and French zones of the country.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    An Act To promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad in which free institutions may survive and consistent with the maintenance of the strength and stability of the United States.
  • One Year, Two Germanies

    One Year, Two Germanies

    1949 was a special year in German history as two separate states were founded almost in parallel. The division into East and West Germany reflected the division of the world during the Cold War. The East-West conflict was to last over 40 years.
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
  • Comecon

    Comecon

    The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of socialist states elsewhere in the world.

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