Cold War time line

By obsessedunicorn

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    1st major international crisis of the cold war, post WW2 Germany, USSR union blocked western allies

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    North Atlantic treaty organization, First peacetime military alliance the U.S entered

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    Treaty of Friendship, Collective defence treaty. Signed in Warsaw, Poland

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    1st artificial earth satellite 58cm diameter, Polished metal sphere.

  • Construction of Berlin wall

    Construction of Berlin wall
    East German authorities built a wall overnight enter circling west berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Direct dangerous confrontation between the U.S and USSR during the cold war.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    First arrival of the U.S spacecraft to reach the moon

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    The wall was destroyed by demlition