Cold War Timeline

By Tarens

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Cited as the start of the cold war. Big Three met to discuss German terms of surrender.

  • United Nations

    International organization to settle world problems and avoid armed conflicts.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • Marshall Plan

    US economic recovery for war-torn Europe. $13 billion in US loans.

  • Berlin Air Lift

    Berlin Air Lift
    US and British airplanes flew supplies into West Berlin.

  • COMECON

    Council for Mutual Assistance/Soviet plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet bloc nations.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    UN forces sent in to stop Communist aggression and expansion.

  • Hydrogen Bomb

    After USSR exploded their 1st atomic bomb. It was more destructive than the atomic bomb.

  • Eisenhauer

    Eisenhauer
    American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President

  • Warsaw Pact

    Military alliance of Communist Block nations, "collective security"

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    1st satellite to orbit Earth.

  • Krushchev

    Soviet leader after Stains death.

  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Communist forces seized control of Cuba.

  • Cuban Rev.

    Fulgencio Bastista Cuban Dictator over thrown.

  • U2

    U2
    American spy plane shot down my USSR.

  • Bay Of Pigs

    Cuban exiles would invade Cuba and lead a revolt against Castro.

  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy
    American politician who served as the 35th President.

  • Berlin Wall Built

    Was built to keep East Germans from fleeting to West Germany.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam divided into 2 states. North and South Vietnam.

  • Veitnamation

    Veitnamation
    USA agrees with North Vietnam and withdraws forces.

  • Detente

    US improvement, Soviet relations.

  • Afghanistan

    Afghanistan
    USSR 10 year war against Afghan Rebels.

  • Glasnost

    Glasnost
    Freedom of expression for Soviet citizens, openness.

  • Perestroika

    Gradual change of Soviet economy. Restructuring.

  • NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization/collective security

  • Berlin Wall Torn Down

    Berlin Wall Torn Down
    East Germany opened to the West.

  • Cold War Ends

    Gorbchev and Pres. George Bush met declaring end to Cold War.

  • Soviet Break Up

    Soviet Break Up
    USSR made up of 15 separate Republics.