Amber's Cold War Timeline

By amberlynn

  • United Nations Formation

    United Nations Formation
    Represenatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis powers.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    The goal of the conference was to discuss many aspects of the time and make decisions. FDR represented the U.S.

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Meeting to clarify agreements previously reached at the Yalta Conference.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Harry S. Truman made a speech to the congress.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Project to help economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    Supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport

  • NATO formation

    NATO formation
    Signed by 12 nations.

  • North Korean Invasion Of South Korea

    North Korean Invasion Of South Korea
    Conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea

  • Rosenburgh Execution

    The Rosenburgh's were accused of stealing the "secret" to the atomic bomb

  • Era of McCarthyism begins

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Cooperation and mutual assistence was formed with NATO

  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch
    Each of its elliptical orbits around the Earth took about 96 minutes.

  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Creation of the Berlin Wall
    move to stop East Berliners escaping from the Soviet-controlled East German state into the West of the city.