Cold War Timeline

By jennylovshim

  • 1945 Feb.

    Yalta Conference
    May World War II ends in Europe.
    Aug. U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
    Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe

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    First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

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    Communists seize power in Poland.
    March Truman Doctrine announced.

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    Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)

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    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.
    Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
    Communists win Chinese Civil War.

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    U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
    (the Korean War ends July 27, 1953)

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    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.

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    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government.
    Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed.

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    Warsaw Pact formed.
    First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

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    Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

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    U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.
    Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan