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Soviet Union EST.
Soviet Union was born out of the russian revolution. -
Beginning of the Cold War.
Joseph Stalin seized control of multiple eastern european nation -
Germany Surrendered
Germany Surredered in 1945 and was divided into two parts. Soviets into the east, and allies into the west. -
Stalin ordered a blockade of berlin
Stalin ordered a blockade around the city of berlin =, to try to starve out the allies. The allies simply airlifted supplies over instead. -
NATO est.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization established. -
Warsaw Pact createdd
This alliance of the Soviet union, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, Rumainia, and East Germany, with the same conditions as the NATO had established. This practically divided the coold war into two seperate teams. -
Berlin Wall was built
Soviets built the berlin wall to try to divide europe, and prevent people from escaping the soviets into freedom. -
Spy planes found secret nucluer missile base in cuba
Spy planes found secret nucluer missile base in cuba, and americans realised that these missiles had they been launched would reachthe us in a matter of merely minutes. Ths started the cuiban missile crisis -
over 500,000 troops in vietnam
Johnson had placed over 500,000 troops in vietnam to fight in the war reinforcingthe already large force in vietname. -
Peace AGreement with vietnam
US withdrew there final troops from vietnam under a peace agreemnet -
Gorbachev takes office
Gorbachev took office and reformed the soviet union, by implementing glasnost