Cold War Timeline

By kasummers

  • Berlin Wall Goes Up

    Berlin Wall Goes Up
    The 155 kilometer Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin.

  • United Nations Formed

    United Nations Formed
    Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially began.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    This was a message from President Harry S. Truman, where he asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece.

  • Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10
    10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    President Harry Truman sent Congress a message that followed Marshall's ideas to provide economic aid to Europe.

  • NATO Formed

    NATO Formed
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    A war fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. It began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased after an armistice on 27 July 1953.

  • U.S. official enters Vietnam War

    U.S. official enters Vietnam War
    President Eisenhower deploys the Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This marks the official beginning of American involvement in the war as recognized by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

  • Space Race/Sputnik

    Space Race/Sputnik
    the Soviet Union announced that they had placed a satellite called Sputnik into orbit around the Earth, inaugurating the Space Age.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.

  • Soviets Invade Afghanistan

    Soviets Invade Afghanistan
    The uprisings, internal fighting and coups within the government between the People and Banner factions urged the Soviets to invade Afghanistan on the night of 12/24/1979. About 30,000 Soviet troops were sent in, toppling the short-lived presidency of People's leader Hafizullah Amin

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
    This event marks the day that East and West Berliners came to a truce and took down the wall. This marks a huge step in the reunification of Germany.