-
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is fomed by the United States and Western Europian powers. This organization was created in response to the creation of the Soviet bloc and the scare of communist expansion -
Period: to
Cold War
It was a war, but not a war, and it was cold, but it really wasn't. Sooo, point withdrawn. -
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship
Treaty of nonagression between the U.S.S.R. and the People's Republic of China. This escalates tensions between them and NATO. -
Korean War Starts
Communist North Korean forces backed by the Soviet and Chinese states invade Southern resistance fighters. The United Nations organized a coalition to support the South Vietnamese. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dies. He is succeeded as Soviet premeir by Nikita Kruschev -
Hydrogen Bomb Test
The United States tests the first Hydrogen fueled atomic bomb at Eniwetok atoll. The rest of the world now pusues this technology. -
Vietmam split at 17 paralell
Vietnam is divided along the 17th latitudinal paralell. The north is under communist state control. -
Warsaw Pact formed
The Soviet Union forms a organization in order to conter the NATO pact in the west. These states were mostly forced into the pact by U.S.S.R. influence. -
Hungarian Revolution Crushed
Hungarian nationalists overthrow the communist sattalite state and institute more liberal reforms in the provisional government. Russian troops soon roll in and overthrow the revolution. -
Soviet R7 ICBM first successful launch
Soviets finally succeed in firing their first Intercontinental Balistic Missile. This missile is later adapted into the Volstok rocket purposed for space travel. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 1 into orbit. This launch is the first manmade object to orbit the earth. -
Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba
Fidel Castro succeeds in taking control of the Cuban government. He institutes communist policies and establishes a friendly relationship with the Soviet Union. -
U-2 Reconaissance Plane Shot Down
High altitude United States U-2 spy plane is shot down over Soviet air space. This leads to an increase in scrutiny of espionage in the Soviet Bloc. -
OPEC formed
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was created by major countries supplyin oil to the world. This organizationstandardizes oil prices across the board which is vital to military buildup. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed insergency of Cuba by rebel forces backed by the American CIA. The result strengthened the control of the government by Fidel Castro and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Berlin Wall built
East Germany seperates itself from the western occupancy with a militarized wall. This wall prevented emigration to the much more economic oppurtune west. -
Gary Powers Prisoner Exchange
The United States and Soviet Union exchange prisoners Glienicke Bridge in Berlin. Gary Powers is recovered from the U-2 capture and is exchanged for Soviet Colonel Vilyam Fisher. -
Friendship 7 Orbit
The NASA Mercury program launched the Atlas rocket piloted by astronaut John Glenn. Proof is provided that humans can forseeably operate in space. -
Sino-Soviet Alliance Deterioration
The alliance between the Soviet State and China deteriorates due to softening of doctrine in the U.S.S.R. This is exasservated by a unofficial border war in the north between the two. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
High tension arms blockade of Russian nuclear weapons shipments to Cuban regime. Threat of nuclear war between Russia and the United States is high until Russia backs down and withdraws ships. -
Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty signed by the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union that restricted the nuclear testing areas to below the earth's surface. This would prevent further nuclear fallout and slow the arms race. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Unclear incident of claimed attacks on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin by north vietnamese submarines. The outcome of which lead to congressional consent of aiding the south vietnamese. -
US commits troops to Vietnam
The United States begins military support of the French troops in south vietnam in order to drive back north vietnamese forces. This war is part of the U.S. policy of communist containment. -
First Chinese Thermo-Nuclear Test
The chinese government tests their first nuclear bomb test, The Chinese govenment is far more opposed to disarment than Krushcehv's peace policy. -
John A Walker Jr sells American Secrets
Naval officer John A Walker sells decoded naval dispatches to the Soviet Union. In a plea for a shorter sentence he revealed his co-conspiritor and the specific secrets divulged. -
Moon Landing
The United States beats the Soviet Union to the moon landing in 1969. The mission is carried out by Niel Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in the Apollo 11 mission. -
U.S. troops forces invade Laos
The United States covertly supports the royalist in Laos against the Vietnam People's Army and communist insurgents. The monarchy falls and U.S. troops withdraw. -
Nixon visits Communist China
President Nixon makes a visit to Communist China in order to open diplomatic discussion. This eases tensions between the two nuclear armed countries. -
SALT 1
The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks begin between the United States and the Soviet Union. This leads to a limitation tready and continuing talks on limitations on nuclear weapons. -
North Vietnam releases last of US prisoners of war.
Operation Homecoming is organized with the north vietnamese with the goal of releasing all captured Prisoners of war in Vietnam. The unaccounted for were adressed with the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. -
South Vietnam falls
The north vietnamese forces capture the southern capital of Saigon. The United States begins withdrawing forces from the contry and the government in now under full communist control. -
Helsinki Accords
Conference of 35 states with the goal of improving communication and cooperation between the west and the communist block. This was not a technical treaty and was not legally binding
