Cold War

By DorneyT
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    Cold War Timeline

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman promised to help other countries that were facing a communist take over.

  • Marshall Plan

    A program of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country.

  • Indpedence

    India and Pakistan gain independence from the United Kingdom.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Stalin banned all shipments to West Berlin through East Germany, which created a blockade and threatened to cut off supplies to the city. Resulting in using airplanes to get supplies.

  • Formation of West Germany

    The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany

  • Berlin Blockade

    Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift.

  • End of Berlin Blockade

    Russia ended the blockade of Berlin.

  • NATO Formed

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States

  • Federal Republic of Germany

    Federal Republic of Germany is established. Not long later, on Oct. 7, the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) is founded.

  • Imprisonment

    Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for spying for the Soviet Union.

  • Korean War

    The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.

  • Invasion

    Chinese troops enter North Korea and United Nations troops begin to retreat.

  • Seoul

    Chinese and North Korean troops capture Seoul.

  • Recapture of Seoul

    United Nations recapture Seoul.

  • Guilty

    Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty of passing atomic secrets to Soviets.

  • Atom Bombs

    Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb.

  • Cuban Government

    Fulgencio Batista overthrows the Cuban government of President Prio Socarras.

  • Hungary

    Matyas Rakosi become prime minister of Hungary.

  • Death of Stalin

    Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev.

  • Battle of Old Baldy

    The Battle of Old Baldy refers to a series of five engagements for Hill 266 in west-central Korea.

  • Korean War Ended

    The Korean war ended. North Korea remained affiliated with Russia while South Korea was affiliated with the USA.

  • Geneva Accords

    This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem.

  • Hydrogen Bombs

    The United States tests a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands

  • Germany

    It is agreed that West Germany should join NATO.

  • Civil War Expands

    Civil War breaks out in South Vietnam between supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai.

  • Warsaw Pact

    The Warsaw Pact was formed with member states East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union.

  • Attack on French

    Front for National Liberation attack French troops at Philippeville, Algeria.

  • The Soviet Union abolishes the Cominform.

    It was founded with nine members, the Communist parties of the U.S.S.R., Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, France, and Italy. ... The Cominform was dissolved on April 17, 1956, after the Soviet rapprochement with Yugoslavia and the process of De-Stalinization.

  • Hungarian Revolution

    This began as a Hungarian protest against Communist rule in Budapest. It quickly gathered momentum and on 24th October Soviet tanks entered Budapest. The tanks withdrew on 28th October and a new government was formed which quickly moved to introduce democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. The Soviet tanks returned on 4th November encircling Budapest.

  • Suez Crisis

    Following military bombardment by Israeli forces, a joint British and French force invaded Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal which had been nationalized by the Egyptian leader Nasser.

  • Prime Minister

    Anthony Eden resigns as prime minister of Britain as a result of the Suez Crisis.

  • Cease Nuclear Testing

    The Soviet Union appeals to the United States and Britain to cease nuclear testing.

  • Space Race

    USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space.

  • Execution

    Imre Nagy, former prime minister of Hungary, is executed after a secret trial.

  • Nuclear Testing End

    Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end of all nuclear testing.

  • Withdraw from Berlin

    The Soviet Union demands that all foreign troops should be withdrawn from Berlin.

  • Havana

    Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana.

  • China Denied

    Member states vote again against the admission of China to the United Nations.

  • United Nations

    The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria.

  • Spy Plane

    American U-2 spy plane shot over the Soviet Union.

  • Soviet Union President

    Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union.

  • Air Defence

    NATO introduces a unified air defence command.

  • Space Race

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first human being in space.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A force of Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, aided by the US government attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow the Communist government of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany.