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American Soviet Coperation ends to end of WWll
There was an ideological difference between in USSR and the U.S. This started the Cold War. ** -
Four Powers Divide Germany
Germany got divided into four sections, the northwest was Great Britain, the Southwest is France, the United States was in the south, and in the east is the Soviet Union. * -
U.S. Puts Marshall Plan into Action
President Harry Truman sent Congress a message that followed Marshall's ideas to provide economic aid to Europe. * -
U.S. Announces "Containment"
Truman's foreign policy was that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism. ** -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union barricaded the roads which blocked the United States off from Berlin. In response, the U.S. flew supplies into Berlin. * -
U.S.Develops H-bomb
The United States developed and fielded a hydrogen bomb, They dropped it in 1949. ***** -
NATO Set Up
Canada and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. * -
Korean War
The invasion of South Korea by 75,000 members of the North Korean People's Army, this started this Korean War. ***** -
Soviet Union Develops H-bomb
the Soviets detonated their first megaton-range hydrogen bomb. ** -
France Pushed out of Vietnam
After a four-month siege under Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese nationalist, the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam was overrun. The French left the area with the loss of Dien Bien Phu. *** -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, also known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, was established on May 14, 1955, right after West Germany joined the Alliance. * -
Khrushchev Calls for "Peaceful co-existence"
According to the Soviet theory of peaceful coexistence, the USSR and the US could coexist with their respective political ideologies rather than fighting. Khrushchev tried to show his support for peaceful coexistence by participating in international peace conferences like the Geneva Accords.* -
Hungarian Revolt
To go against the USSR's geopolitical hegemony over Hungary under the Stalinist regime of Mátyás Rákosi, university students in Budapest called on the general public to join them on October 23, 1956, at the Hungarian Parliament Building. This was the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution.*** -
Sputnik is Launched
The International Council of Scientific Unions declared that this solar phase would be perfect for launching artificial satellites to study the solar system and the Earth. * -
Vietnam War
Vietnamese attacked the U.S. on two fronts giving the president the authority to wage war. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year. **** -
U-2 Incident and Paris Summit
The Paris Summit, which had been planned to address the current crisis in divided Germany, the potential for an arms control or test ban treaty, and the easing of tensions between the USSR and the United States, was postponed as a result of the incident. ** -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Brigade 2506, a Cuban invasion force operating in exile, made its landing at Bay of Pigs beaches on April 17 and was immediately attacked by gunfire. Two escort ships were sunk, half of the exile's air support was lost, and Cuban jets strafed the invaders. **** -
Berlin Wall was Built
More than 30 miles of barbed wire fencing were installed in the center of Berlin by East German forces. West Berliners were not allowed to enter East Berlin, and the number of border crossing stations for Westerners was very little. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
On the island of Cuba, Soviet nuclear missile construction sites were captured by an American U-2 surveillance plane. This got everyone to be afraid and caused panic.
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American-Soviet Hotline Established
When a "Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Line" was signed, it was made. * -
Partial Test Ban Treaty
All nuclear weapon test explosions were forbidden, with the exception of those carried out underground, according to the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water. * -
Czech Uprising (Prague Spring)
Alexander Dubek oversaw a brief era of political and economic liberalization in Czechoslovakia which effectively put an end to the process. * -
U.S. Votes to Admit Communist China into U.N.
In accordance with UNGA Resolution 2758, the PRC was accepted as the official representative of China in the UN and was given the ROC's seat on the Security Council in exchange for its complete expulsion from the organization. * -
SALT Treaty Signed
Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and interim SALT agreement. For the first time during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals. * -
Helsinki Accords
The inviolability of the borders of Europe, oppose the use of force or outside interference in domestic affairs and call on the signatories to uphold human rights. * -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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Polish "Solidarity" Uprisings
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START
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U.S. Star Wars Research Begins
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I.N.F. Treaty Signed
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Berlin Wall Torn Down
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Iron Curtain Collapse
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Germany is Reunited
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Soviet Union Ceases to Exist
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Warsaw Pact Dissolved
