Cold War Timeline

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Harry Truman announces Truman Doctrine and the provision of aid to Greece.

Marshall Plan

Jun 5, 1947

General George C. Marshall announces the Marshall Plan.

Elections in Korea

Nov 14, 1947

United Nations General Assembly call for elections in Korea.

Berlin Airlift

Apr 1, 1948

The start of the Berlin Airlift.

President of Israel

May 16, 1948

Chaim Weizmann becomes president of Israel.

President of Czechoslovakia

Jun 14, 1948

Klement Gottwald becomes President of Czechoslovakia.

Armistice

Feb 24, 1949

Israel agrees an armistice with Egypt.

Opposition to the Soviets

Apr 4, 1949

North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) is founded to provide opposition to the Soviet Union.

Communist Forces Advance

Apr 24, 1949

Communist forces in China capture Nanjing.

Government in Egypt

Jan 12, 1950

Mustafa Pasha forms a nationalist government in Egypt.

Alger Hiss

Jan 25, 1950

Alger Hiss is convicted for concealing his membership of the Communist Party.

Hydrogen Bomb

Jan 31, 1950

Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb.

Seoul

Jan 1, 1951

Chinese and North Korean troops capture Seoul.

Atom Bombs

Mar 14, 1951

General Douglas MacArthur advocates the use of atom bombs in Korean War.

Seoul Recaptured

Mar 14, 1951

United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

More Atom Bombs

Feb 26, 1952

Winston Churchill announces that Britain has an atom bomb.

Cuban Government

Mar 10, 1952

Fulgencio Batista overthrows the Cuban government of President Prio Socarras.

Titosim

Dec 2, 1952

Rudolf Slansky is executed in Czechoslovakia for Titoism.

President of Yugoslavia

Jan 14, 1953

Josip Tito elected President of Yugoslavia.

Stalin's End

Mar 5, 1953

Joseph Stalin dies.

Rosenberg Trials

Jun 19, 1953

Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg executed.

Prime Minister of Soviets

Feb 8, 1954

Gregory Malenkov is replaced by Nikolai Bulganin as prime minister of the Soviet Union.

More NATO

Oct 3, 1954

It is agreed that West Germany should join NATO.

Algeria

Oct 30, 1954

Front for National Liberation mounts an insurrection in Algeria.

China and North Vietnam

Jul 7, 1955

China agrees to provide North Vietnam with economic aid.

China

Jul 30, 1955

Conscription is introduced in China.

Germans and Soviets

Sep 13, 1955

Diplomatic relations restored between West Germany and the Soviet Union.

Denouncing Stalin

Feb 25, 1956

Nikita Khrushchev denounces former leader Joseph Stalin.

Soviet Union

Apr 17, 1956

The Soviet Union abolishes the Cominform.

Tito and Soviets

Jun 2, 1956

President Josip Tito visits the Soviet Union.

Enlai and the Soviets

Jan 7, 1957

Zhou Enlai, prime minister of China, visits the Soviet Union.

Battle In Egypt

Jan 22, 1957

Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Dwight

Apr 20, 1957

President Dwight Eisenhower resumes aid to Israel.

New Soviet Minister

Mar 27, 1958

Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nikolai Bulganin as prime minister of the Soviet Union.

Secret Execution

Jun 17, 1958

Imre Nagy, former prime minister of Hungary, is executed after a secret trial.

Nikita and Mao

Aug 31, 1958

Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in China and call for an end of all nuclear testing.

Fidel

Jan 9, 1959

Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana.

No To China

Sep 22, 1959

Member states vote again against the admission of China to the United Nations.

More Algeria

Dec 13, 1959

The United Nations decide not to intervene in the independence struggle in Algeria.

Riot In The Capital

Jan 24, 1960

French settlers in Algeria riot in Algiers.

Survey Aircrafts

Jul 1, 1960

Soviet forces shoot down a US RB-47 survey aircraft.

East Germany

Aug 30, 1960

East Germany imposes blockade of West Berlin.

Murders In The Congos

Jan 17, 1961

Patrice Lumumba is murdered in Katanga, Congo.

Porky Cuba

Apr 17, 1961

Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

South Vietnam

Oct 11, 1961

United States promises to support South Vietnam against communist aggression.