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Cold War Timeline

By Jaheem perry

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control, the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain and France to travel to their sectors of Berlin.

  • Development of the H-Bomb

    Development of the H-Bomb
    American scientists developed the first hydrogen bomb, the test gave the United States a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union.

  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    Britain and France, less fortunate, lost most of their influence in the Middle East as a result of the episode.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    It was the opening phase of a secret mission to overthrow Fidel Castro and, President John F. Kennedy hoped, halt the spread of communism throughout the world.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis
    It was arguably the 'hottest' point of the Cold War. It was the closest the world has come to war between the US and USSR, nuclear war and annihilation.

  • Detente

    Detente
    Period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union and the signing of treaties.

  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War
    The United States supported the Afghanistan rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government and to prevent the spread of communism. The Soviets never recovered from the public relations and financial losses, which significantly contributed to the fall of the Soviet empire in 1991. Secondly, the war created a breeding ground for terrorism.

  • Perestroika

    Perestroika
    A political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s... reforms meant to kick-start the stagnant 1980s economy of the Soviet Union.

  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Dissolution of the Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union's collapse not only threw economic systems and trade relations throughout Eastern Europe into a tailspin, Eastern Europe began to transition from communism to democracy.

  • Fall of the Berlin wall

    Fall of the Berlin wall
    Citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders, the dismantling saw anti-communism, and communism intolerance, spread quickly around Eastern Europe with free elections and economic reforms