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World War Two ends
the second world war ends which also ends american-soviet cooperation. this sparked the cold war -
Establishment of the Marshall Plan
truman established this plan to contain communist expansion. by establishing this plan the U.S aimed to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of Communism. -
Berlin Blockade
Was when the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. blockade prevented allies from getting to berlin -
Creation of NATO
Fearing further Communist expansion the United States and 11 other Western nations came together to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. Happened after the USSR failed to show up for a veto in the U.N. this was the first proxy war.it began when the North Korean Communist army invaded non-Communist South Korea. As the North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. This act was made to counter the creation of NATO -
The Hungarian Uprising
Uprising in hungary show that the warsaw pact is not ideologically unified aszs it claims to be. the liberation movement is crushed by warsaw forces -
Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence
Khrushchev the leader that preceded stalin tried to implement a policy that would allow for peaceful co-existence among powerful countries. it aimed to keep the peace and prevent any nuclear war -
Berlin Wall is Built
Wall in berlin was built in order to prevent further western expansion in this region by fascist expansionists. -
Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty is signed
It was international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On 1 July 1968, the treaty was opened for signature. 189 countries signed this treaty. -
Prague spring ends and is followed by the brezhnev doctrine
Dubcek's effort to establish communism was celebrated across the country, and the brief period of freedom became known as the Prague Spring. But on August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union answered Dubcek's reforms with invasion and ended the prague springs. following this was the Brezhnev doctrine which said that the Soviet Union had the right to use military force to maintain the strict rule of the Communist Party in nearby socialist countries. -
Vietnam war ends
the end of the war in vietnam signified the failure of containment and proved the domino theory. -
Soviet Invasion of afghanistan
Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. -
Solidarity trade union
solidarity trade unions in poland organized the pro democracy movement. the government agreed to legalize solidarity and allow it to participate in free elections to a bicameral polish parliament -
Berlin wall is torn down
After much civil unrest the wall was torn down to create unity once again in germany. -
USSR ceases to exist and cold war ends.
the soviet union ceases to exist effectively ending the cold war -
Warsaw pact is dissolved
Czechoslovak President Václav Havel formally ended the Warsaw Treaty and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR. After the pact was dissolved, some members of the former pact began to seek to join NATO -
START
Strategic arms reduction treaty was a treaty between US and USSR on the reduction and limitation on strategic offensive arms. -
Cuban missle crisis
Was a dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two nations came closest to nuclear conflict.
