The cold War Timeline

By lesmi patricio
  • Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin

    Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin

    The 'Big Three
    The Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins
  • Germany is defeated

    Germany is defeated

    Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
  • Hiroshima Bomb

    Hiroshima Bomb

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

    Japan is defeated

    Emperor surrender broadcast - VJ Day
  • Stalin hostile speech

    Stalin hostile speech

    communism & capitalism were incompatible
  • Nato ratified

    Nato ratified

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

    Korean War begins

    Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea
    equipped with Soviet weapons
  • VIetnam War Starts

    VIetnam War Starts

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

    Sputnik

    Sputnik launched into orbit
  • Berlin wall Falls

    Berlin wall Falls

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