The cold War Timeline

Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin

Feb 4, 1945

The 'Big Three
The Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins

Germany is defeated

May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin

Hiroshima Bomb

Aug 6, 1945

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

Japan is defeated

Aug 15, 1945

Emperor surrender broadcast - VJ Day

Stalin hostile speech

Feb 9, 1946

communism & capitalism were incompatible

Nato ratified

Jul 21, 1949

Senate ratified the treaty on July 21 1949 president Truman signed making the U.S a member of nato

Korean War begins

Jun 24, 1950

Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea
equipped with Soviet weapons

VIetnam War Starts

Nov 1, 1955

costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik launched into orbit

Berlin wall Falls

Nov 9, 1989

Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to
West Germany