Cold War

By mooblendz
  • 1989 BCE

    Berlin Wall comes down

    Berlin Wall comes down
    when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall.
  • 1984 BCE

    Marshall plan

    Marshall plan
    It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
  • 1979 BCE

    Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan
    protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989
  • 1965 BCE

    U.S. official enters Vietnam War

    U.S. official enters Vietnam War
    3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam, adding to the 25,000 U.S. military advisers already in place. The US Government's deployment of ground forces to Da Nang had not been consulted with the South Vietnamese government.
  • 1961 BCE

    Berlin wall goes up

    Berlin wall goes up
    the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin
  • 1961 BCE

    Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
  • 1957 BCE

    Space Race/Sputnik

    Space Race/Sputnik
    the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik-1, the world's first artificial satellite.
  • 1950 BCE

    Korean War

    Korean War
    The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea.
  • 1949 BCE

    NATO formed

    NATO formed
    with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, more popularly known as the Washington Treaty. The Washington Treaty – or North Atlantic Treaty – forms the basis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – or NATO.
  • 1947 BCE

    Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    American foreign policy pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." The doctrine originated with the primary goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  • 1947 BCE

    Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10
    Congress voted to hold the “Hollywood 10” in contempt. The following day the Motion Picture Association of America announced that the “Hollywood 10” directors, producers, and writers who had refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) would be fired or suspended.
  • 1945 BCE

    United Nations formed

    United Nations formed
    when it came into existence after its Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and by a majority of other signatories.