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Cold War Timeline

By Mason Skinner1

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    One of the first international crises of the Cold War.

  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO
    Formed in response to Soviet threats.

  • Airlift

    Airlift
    The US is supplying West Berlin during Soviet occupation.

  • National Security Council Report NSC-68

    National Security Council Report NSC-68
    One of the most significant statements of American policy in the Cold War. NSC-68 largely shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years, and involved a decision to make Containment against global Communist expansion a high priority.

  • Chinese Civil War

    Chinese Civil War
    Resulted in a split of chinese government, the Peoples Republic of China and the KMT.

  • Truman fires MacArthur

    Truman fires MacArthur
    U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. MacArthur was a popular hero of World War II.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    Awar between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II.

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Treaty between the Soviet Union and 8 communist states, Formed in response to NATO