Cold War

By pocket frogs
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    Beginning of the Cold War

  • U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan

    U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan
    U.S. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    Soviet controlled North Korea
    attacked U.S. controlled South Korea

  • Korean War ends

    Korean War ends

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed
    An alliance with other countries with the USSR

  • USSR launches Sputnik into space

    USSR launches Sputnik into space

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    A failed attempt by the United States to bring back the old government of Cuba.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    nuclear war was narrowly avoided with Cuba

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
    You can not have nuclear weapons tested in atmosphere

  • SALT II Treaty

    SALT II Treaty
    Set aboslute limit on number of weapons each side could hold

  • Berlin Wall falls

    Berlin Wall falls
    Berlin becomes united as one city, and this was an important symbol for the fall of Communsim