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1979 BCE
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. -
World War ll Ends
World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers. This also ended the American Soviet Union. -
Establishment of the Marshall plan
Truman established this plan to contain expansion, by establishing this plan the US aimed to rebuild wart torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of communism. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the western allies railway road and canal acces to sectors of Berlin under western control. The blockade prevented allies from getting to Berlin. -
Creation of NATO
Fearing further communist expansion the US and 11 other western nations came together to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was a war between north and South Korea. It happened after the USSR failed to show up for a veto in the UN this was the first proxy war. it began when the North Korean communist army invaded non communist South Korea. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1995. this act was made to counter the creation of NATO -
The Hungarian Uprising
Uprising in the Hungary show that the Warsaw Pact is not as ideologically unified as it claims to be. The liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw forces. -
Khrushchev calls for peaceful coexistence
Khrushchev the leader that oreceded Stalin tried to implement a policy that would allow for peaceful coexistence among powerful countries. It aimed to keep th peace and prevent any nuclear war. -
Berlin Wall is built
Wall in Berlin wa built in order to prevent further western expansion in this region by fascist expansionists. -
Nuclear non-profileration treaty is signed
An international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On July 1 1968, the treaty was opened for signature. 189 countries signed this treaty. -
Prague spring endes and is followed by the Brezhnev doctrine.
Dubceks effort to establish communism was celebrated across the country, and the brief period of freedom became known as the Prague Spring. The Soviet Union answered Dubceks reforms with invasion and ended the Prague springs. Following this was the Brezhnev doctrine which said that the Soviet Union had the right to use military force to maintain the strict rule of the communist party in nearby socialists countries. -
Vietnam War Ends
The end of the war in Vietnam signified the failure of containment and proved the domino theory. -
Solidarity trade union
Solidarity trade unions in Poland organized the pro democracy movement. The goverment agreed to legalize soildarity and allow it to participate in free elections to a bicameral polish parliament. -
Berlin Wall is torn down
After much civil unrest the Wall was torn down to create unity once again in Germany. -
USSR ceases to exist and Cold War ends.
The Soviet Union ceases to exist effectively ending the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
Czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel formally ended the Warsaw treaty and so disestablished the Warsaw treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR. Memebers of the former Pact then began to seek to join NATO -
START
Strategic arms reduction treaty was a treaty between US and USSR on the reduction and limitation on strategic offensive arms. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
A dangerous confrontation between US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two nations came closest to nuclear conflict.
