Cold War Dates

  • United Nations formed

    The United Nations was formed in order to keep peace and order between other countries.
    China, France, The Soviet Union, The United Kingdom, The United States and many smaller countries were all joined together by the united nations.
  • Hollywood 10

    The Hollywood 10 was a group of hollywood film industry members who had refused to testify against an anti communist committee.
    That is important because communism was viewed poorly in the 1940's during/after WWll
  • Korean War

    The Korean war, was a war between North and South Korea. North Korea was a communist nation and had wanted South Korea to follow and unify the 2 seperate sides North Korea had the soviet union helping fight their war, as South Korea had the United States and United Kingdom
  • Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of pigs was a failed attack ran by US president Kennedy to force the communist cuban leader out of power
  • Berlin Wall goes up

    The Berlin Wall was built to keep west german fascists from going into Germany east and dismissing their socialist views.
  • U.S. official enters Vietnam War

    The United States joined the Vietnam war in order to prevent the spread of communism