World History Timeline

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  • Arms Race

    Arms Race

    U.S. in a Nuclear Arms Race with U.S.S.R
    Each country fought for nuclear power.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    To counter Soviet geopolitical Expansion during the Cold War
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

    Border put up to separate east and west Berlin
    Closed borders
  • Berlin Air lift

    Berlin Air lift

    East and West brought goods over the blockade which brought an end to the blockade.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    The US gave Europe $31 Billion in money to help restore the western parts of Europe after WWII.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    North Korea invades South Korea and they fight along the border.
  • Korean War Armistice

    Korean War Armistice

    Treaty that ended the war and made no changes to the land they were fighting for.
  • Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin Dies

    He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam and America fight to reunify Vietnam.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    U.S. and U.S.S.R race to the moon
    First country there can put satellites up and spy on enemy.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    A U-2 is a spy plane that the US used to spy on U.S.S.R. It was shot down on may day.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    The wall was thrown up overnight and encircled west Berlin to keep the communists out of East Berlin.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Social Intelligence group called the Brigade 2506 failed to invade Cuba.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    US and USSR Have a 13 day standoff upholding the Nuclear missiles of the USSR on Cuba.
  • Salt treaty

    Salt treaty

    The treaty to control the arms race.
  • End of Vietnam War

    End of Vietnam War

    President Richard Nixon announced an Accord that would put an end to the war.
  • U.S. Journey to space

    U.S. Journey to space

    They make it to space first and put the flag on the moon.
  • End of Berlin wall

    End of Berlin wall

    A cold war was taking place in Europe so Spokesman of East Berlin said that GDR were free to cross the border.
  • German Re-Unification

    German Re-Unification

    General Democratic party became part of Federal Party in Germany. This reunited Berlin.
  • USSR break up

    USSR break up

    This made it so that self governing independence to the Republicans was restored.