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The start of the Cold war
Defeat of Germany and Japan -
Period: to
COLD WAR
Before the WWll america and the soviet union had characterized each other as the devil incarnate, so their ‘friendship’ during the war was simply the result of having a mutual enemy-Nazi Germany.The extreme distrust was that the The Soviet leader,J.Stalin,was also distrustful of the Americans.This was the scene after the war ended in 1945. Both sides distrusted.One had a big army in the field (the Soviet Union and its Red Army lead by Zhukov),while the Americans had the most powerful weapon. -
VE Day - Victory in Europe.
Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin -
Russia
Russia declares war on Japan -
The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000 people. -
Japanese surrender
End of WWll -
Stalin hostile speech
His speech about that communism & capitalism were incompatible. -
Truman
Truman demands Russia leave Iran -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition. -
Czechoslovakia
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia -
Truman's Loyalty Program
Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies -
Brussels Pact
Brussels Pact organized to protect Europe from communism -
NATO
An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization signed on 4 April 1949 -
Mao Zedong
Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People's Republic of China -
Korean War begins.
Stalin supports North Korea who invade South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons -
MacArthur
Truman fires MacArthur -
Britain
A-bombs developed by Britain -
Korea
Korean War ends -
Atoms For Peace
Ike's Atoms for Peace speech -
KGB established
CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala -
Warsaw Pact formed
The Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
USSR
USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland, to suppress demonstrations by workers -
USSR
USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan -
Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces in the Sinai
Egypt took control of Suez Canal -
Sputnik
Sputnik launched into orbit -
Sputnik II
Sputnik II launched - Laika died in space -
NASA
NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket -
Khrushchev
Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin -
Fidel Castro
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro -
The Kitchen Debate
Khrushchev visits United States; The Kitchen Debate -
U.S. spy plane
Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy elected President of USA -
Berlin border
Berlin border is closed -
Berlin Wall
Construction of Berlin Wall begins -
U.S involved
U.S. involvement in Vietnam increases -
John F. Kennedy dies
President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas -
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin incident -
U.S. Marines
U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism -
Troops to Vietnam
Announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam -
B-52s
B-52s Bomb North Vietnam -
The US Secretary of Defence
The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives -
U.S.S Pueblo
North Korea captured U.S.S. Pueblo -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 lands on the moon -
Pentagon Papers
Publication of the Pentagon Papers -
President Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon visits China -
SALT I
SALT I was signed -
Cease fire
Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and United States -
Egypt and Syria attack Israel
Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid -
President Nixon resigns
In light of his loss of political support and the near-certainty of impeachment, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974 -
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces -
Angola.
Soviet and Cuban forces help to install Communist government in Angola. -
Diplomatic Relations.
U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations. -
SALT II signed
President Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna. -
Afghanistan invaded
Soviet forces invade Afghanistan -
Polish shipyard workers strike Solidarity Union formed.
Strike leader Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity -
U.S. troops invades
U.S. troops invades and overthrows regime in Grenada -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika" -
Reagan and Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles -
The withdrawal
Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan -
Poland
Poland becomes independent -
Hungary
Hungary becomes independent -
Decline of the Soviet empire
Decline of the Soviet empire -
Berlin Wall is demolished
Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany -
Communist governments
Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin elected as President of Russia -
Germany reunited
Germany reunited -
Cold war ends
The fall of the Berlin Wall. The shredding of the Iron Curtain. The end of the Cold War.
