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Cold War Timeline

By emmy burtsfield
  • 1957 BCE

    Space Race

    Space Race
    20th century competition between USSR and USA for supremacy and space flight capability.

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Was intended to discus the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Yalta became a subject of intense controversy.

  • Arms Race

    Arms Race
    Destruction of Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by U.S. atomic weapons caused arms race between the U.S. and the USSR

  • Winston Churchills "Iron Curtain Speech"

    Winston Churchills "Iron Curtain Speech"
    Winston Churchill stated that the Russians have cut off Eastern-Europe from the Western-World and imposed communism upon them.

  • German Zones Merge

    German Zones Merge
    The US and Great Britain agree to merge their respective German zones of occupation

  • Truman Doctorine

    Truman Doctorine
    USA provides military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • Loyalty Program

    Loyalty Program
    Truman created a loyalty program to catch Cold War spies.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The first major international crisis of the Cold War. The USSR blockaded the western allies.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    U.S. sends massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea invaded South Korea and the U.S. comes to the aid of South Korea.

  • United Nations forces recapture Seoul

    United Nations forces recapture Seoul
    Seoul was recaptured during Operation Ripper. By the end of March, they have reached the 38th Parallel, and formed a defensive line across the Korean peninsula.

  • Joseph Stalin dies

    Joseph Stalin dies
    Joseph Stalin dies at the age of 73 from a cerebral hemorrhage.

  • KGB is formed

    KGB is formed
    Since the Russians couldn't trust anyone, the KGB or secret police made arrests on suspects who they believed to be traitors or spies.

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam
    America gets involved to help prevent communism

  • The Sputnik Crisis

    The Sputnik Crisis
    The USSR launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. The orbiting of Sputnik frightened the US causing the US to become shaken.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    A failed military invasion of Cuba under taken by the CIA- sponsored paramilitary group Brigade.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    13 day confrontation between U.S. and the Soviet Union. Soviets put missiles in Cuban ships

  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
    The Soviet Union intervened in support of Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan war

  • Gorbachev Comes to Power

    Gorbachev Comes to Power
    He was elected by Politburo to be a general secretary of CPSU after the previous secretary died