Cold War Timeline

Satellite Nation

Sep 1, 1924

Country that is under heavy influence by another country.

United Nations (UN)

Oct 24, 1945

intergovernmental organization similar to the league of nations.

Gulags

Mar 9, 1946

Soviet hard labor camps where most people did not survive.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Pact to assist all nations opposing any communist countries.

Containment

Apr 9, 1947

The Allies attempt to "contain" and stop communism from spreading.

Marshall Plan

Jun 3, 1948

Plan to aid Western Europe by means of funding.

Berlin airlift

Jun 24, 1948

The soviets blockaded the supply routes and the allied forces supported their people by air drops.

Fidel Castro

Jul 26, 1948

Communist leader of Cuba

COMECON

Jan 9, 1949

Council of Mutual Economic Assistance to have mutual assistance from satellite nations of the USSR.

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an organization of North American and some western European countries based on the north Atlantic treaty of 1949.

Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

President of USA after Truman but before JFK.

Khrushchev

Mar 20, 1953

Leader of the USSR following Stalin's death.

KGB

Mar 13, 1954

Secretive group of Soviet spies.

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

Military alliance of communist nations in response to NATO.

De-Stalinization

Feb 9, 1956

The Process of destroying the memory or policies of Joseph Stalin

ICBM

Aug 26, 1957

Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile that could reach an offshore target.

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

First artificial Earth satellite launched by USSR.

U2

May 1, 1960

A US spy plane was shot down and found by soviet forces

Yuri Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

The first man in space from the USSR.

Bay Of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

American forces failed to invade the island of Cuba

John F Kennedy

May 4, 1961

President of USA from 1961-1963. Launched the Bay of Pigs. Assassinated November 22, 1963.

Building of the Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

A wall was built in the middle of Berlin to separate the USSR and USA.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 16, 1962

USSR attempt to bring nuclear ICBMs into communist Cuba.

Veitnamization

Apr 20, 1970

Withdrawing troops from Vietnam and transferring the power to South Korea

Detente

Jun 9, 1971

Easing of tensions between countries.

SALT

May 26, 1972

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Glasnost

Mar 9, 1985

Policy of openness in the Soviet Union.

Perestroika

May 9, 1985

Political movement for the reformation of the communist party in the USSR.

Berlin Wall Destroyed

Nov 9, 1989

A spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party released a change in his city's relations with the West which meant tearing down the wall.

European Union (EU)

Nov 1, 1993

Policy of economic stability of Europeans and the USSR.