cold war

nuclear arms race and detente

Jan 1, 1949

Beggining at the end of WW2. U.S. and Soiet Union began a race to match or top each others new Weapons.The result was a balance of terror. People lived in constant fear of nuclear destruction.

nato and warsaw pact

Jan 4, 1949

1949 US and Canada and 9 other countries formed an alliance they pledged to help each other if any of them were attacked

Warsaw pact

Jan 7, 1955

1955 Soviet union responded to Nato by forming its own alliance called the warsaw pact.Soviets resorted to keep their satellites in order.

communist cuba and missle crisis

Jan 11, 1959

Fidel Castro took over the country and trasformed it into communist. Know as the cuban revolution

Berlin Wall

Jan 1, 1961

Berlin was split into 2 sections west berlin being democratic east berlin being communist.In 1961 east Germany built a wall that sealed off west berlin.The wall was built to keep people from fleeing.

Communist cuba and missle crisis

Jan 11, 1962

Soviet Union sent nuclear missiles to cuba.President Kennedy Ordered a blockade to prevent futher shipment and demanded that the soviet union remove the missles. This caused the world to fesr a nuclear war.Eventually they romved the missles.

Nuclear Arms race And detente

Jan 1, 1970

Americans and Soviet armss control agreement led to an era of Detente Which was a relaxation of tensions