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"Cold War TImeline"

By MFrankie08

  • End Of WWII

    End Of WWII
    The second global war that lasted from 1939 - 1945 finally ended. This global war caused more than 2 million deaths.

  • First Eastern European Goverment

    First Eastern European Goverment
    Albania rejected the 20th principles. First state to reject principles.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, had cut off its supply routes. The United States joined with western European nations in flying the supplies in.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    U.S and United Nation Members fought Communist Korea.Lasted 3 Years.

  • Korean War Ended

    Korean War Ended
    In 1953, with neither side having a prospect of victory, a truce was signed. In the course of the war, President Truman removed MacArthur from his command for insubordination.

  • China explodes atomic bomb.

    China explodes atomic bomb.

  • S.Vietnam Converts to Communism.

  • U.S invades Grenada

    U.S invades Grenada

  • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.

  • George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994

    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994

  • The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.

    The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.