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1968 BCE
Invasion Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by four Warsaw Pact nations – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland -
1961 BCE
Berlin Wall
The wall was a heavily guarded concrete barrier dividing Germany to maintain its citizens from fleeing communism. -
1956 BCE
Invasion of Hungary
Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies -
1955 BCE
Warsaw Pact
A mutual defense organization that puts the soviet union in command of member states -
1949 BCE
NATO
A military organization that keeps diplomacy and deals with crisis management -
1949 BCE
SU Test Atom Bomb
Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, code-named 'RDS-1', at the Semipalatinsk test site in modern-day Kazakhstan. -
1948 BCE
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. -
1948 BCE
Berlin Blockade
During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
1947 BCE
Truman Doctrine
The Truman doctrine would no longer provide military and economic assistance to the Greek Government in its civil war against the Greek Communist Party. -
1947 BCE
Marshall Plan
The United states sent aid to certain european countries to help rebuild and fight famine -
1947 BCE
Molotov Plan
Molotov Plan was to aid the soviet union and communist countries. -
1945 BCE
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 -
Period: 1945 BCE to 1991 BCE
Cold War Events