Cold War

  • Stalins hostile Speech

    Capitals and communist incompatible
  • Truman Doctrine

    active role in greek civil war
  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies

  • Berlin Blockade ends

    Berlin Blockade ends
  • Russia tested its first atomic bomb

  • Korean war begins

  • Warsaw Pact signed

  • USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan

  • Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro

  • John F. Kennedy elected President of USA

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • End of Cold War