Timetoast

  • Policy of Containment

    Policy of Containment
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
  • Berlin Airlift ends blockade of West Berlin

    Berlin Airlift ends blockade of West Berlin
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
  • Comecon

    Comecon
  • NATO formed

    NATO formed
  • Creation of Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

  • Soviet Union tests their first atomic bomb

    Soviet Union tests their first atomic bomb
  • Period: to

    Korean War

  • Stalin's death

    Stalin's death
  • Johnson escalates troop numbers to start Vietnam War

    Johnson escalates troop numbers to start Vietnam War
  • Dien Bien Phu

  • Soviets launch Sputnik into space

    Soviets launch Sputnik into space
  • Period: to

    Berlin Wall

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Nixon signs agreement to withdraw from Vietnam

  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan