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Cold War Timeline
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Soviet Satellites
The Soviet Satellites started 1944. These countries were along the border of what is called Russian and it made up the Soviet Union. Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia were the three main satellite countries. The purpose of the satellite countries is to, have political, economic and social control over a country. P.S. I could not fine a mounth or a day thats why it says Mrach 4 -
Iron Curtain
The Iron curtain was a wall built by the Soviet Union in March 5, 1946. It divided Germany into East and West. West Germany was controlled by the United States, France and Great Britain while the East was controlled by the Soviet Union. Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall to stop people from leaving East Germany because its population had decrease dramatically. -
Containment Policy
This policy was a military strategy during the cold war in February 28, 1947 to stop the spread of Communism in Europe. It was created due to the Soviet Union trying to convert different countries into Communism. The first country that the United States heled Greece because the British army left leaving it vulnerable. In China and Korean for example, the United States gave aid to the Democratic or non-communism side. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was created on March 12, 1947 by President Harry Truman. Its purpose was to stop Soviet imperialism during the cold war in countries like Greece and Turkey. Instead of giving military aid to these countries the United States gave large amounts of money to help build up the countries army. Also the Truman Doctrine helped stop the spread of communism in European Countries. -
Marshall Plan
On April 3, 1948 President Truman signed the Marshall plan. Under this plan the United States gave economic aid to help restore crumbling economies. Some of the major countries that the United States helped were Austria, Belgium, West Germany, Greece, Iceland, and Turkey. Over all the United States gave $13 billion in aid to other counties. -
Berlin Airflift
The Berlin Airlift was in June 24, 1948 at the end of the Second World War. The Soviet Army blockaded rail roads, roads and water access into the Allied controlled areas of Berlin. As a result the Allied controlled portion of Berlin became low in resources. The United States and Great Britain sent plains carrying supplies into berlin. The blockade ended on May 12, 1949. -
The Berlin Blockade
On June 24, 1948 the Soviet Union blockaded the Wester railroads, roads and canal access into Berlin. This blockaded made the Wester past of Berlin become very low on resources. As a result the United States and Britain sent plains of supplies into Berlin. The blockade was eventually lifted on May 12, 1949. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Also known as NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was signed on April 4th, 1949. This organization is a military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Its purpose is to use military power to create a mutual defense against any external parties. There are currently 28 members in the alliance. -
ICBM’s (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)
The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is a guided ballistic missile that was created in December 30, 1953. This new technology was used during the Cuban Missile crisis. The United States put missile base in Turkey and point the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles at cities in the Soviet Union. As a result, the Soviet Union who had been leading money to Cuba was allowed to build a missile base in Cuba and point the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles at the United States. -
Warsaw Pact
This pact was signed on May 14, 1955 by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania were all countries who signed the Warsaw Pact. The purpose of the pact was to create a mutual defense organization. It was created less than two weeks after NATO was created to make sure that the Eastern countries could defend themselves against the West. The Warsaw pact stayed into effect till 1991. -
Peaceful coexistence
The Peaceful coexistence was a theory that was developed by the Soviet Union in February 13 1956. This development was used in the Cold War in context primarily in foreign policy. This policy maintained peace between Communist and non-Communist nations. It was used to maintain peace between nations Also it was adopted by the Soviet Satellite states. It ended on December 30, 1991 -
Communism in Hungary (Hungarian revolution)
On October 23, 1956 the Hungarian people started a revolution against the Soviet Union. The Hungarian people want to be a free country and ride the country of communism and Soviet power. As a result of this up rise the Soviet Union sent in troops to destroy the revolutionaries. The revolt ended on November 10, 1956 when the Soviet troops destroyed the Hungarian people trying to revolt. -
Space Race
The space race began on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union lunched the first satellite into space. This satellite was a R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile named Sputnik. This race was between two superpowers, they were the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States eventually won the space race in 1969 when we sent the first man to the moon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 15, 1962 was the start to a two week period where people were on the edge of their seats. Thanks to the intercontinental ballistic missile countries could now fire nuclear missiles from hundreds of miles away. This all started when the United States put nuclear weapons in Turkey and pointed them at the Soviet Union. As a result the Soviet Union got permission to put nuclear weapons in Cuba pointing at the United States. The crisis ended when the United States agreed to not invade Cuba an -
Détente
In December 31, 1962 a period of time called the détente started. The word détente is a French word that means released tension. The two countries that were involved in the détente were the United States and Soviet Union. This period of time ended in December of 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. -
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
On August 20th, 1968 the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to stop liberalization reforms. The troops that were used during the invasion came from the Soviet Union and allies in the Warsaw Pact. Bulgaria, Hungary, and Socialist Republic were all countries that helped by giving soldiers. This invasion ended on August 22nd, 1968. -
Glasnost
In February 28, 1985 the new concept of glasnost was introduced to the Soviet Union by the new ruler named Mikhail Gorbachev. The word glasnost in the Soviet Union means “openness”. His new rulers allowed freedom of expression, and allowed less harsh judicial system. Also these new rulers allowed for more economic freedoms. -
Perestroika
In May 19, 1985 Gorbachev introduce a new type of economy, it was called perestroika. Perestroika in the Soviet Union means restructuring. This new system moved away from the old central planning and towards free markets. Now people could own small business, factories owners controlled what they produced, foreign companies could invest in Soviet Union. -
The Berlin Wall falls
On November 9, 1989 at the same time the Cold War moved crossed Eastern Europe, the Berlin Wall Fell. The man who was in charge of constructing the wall was named, Walter Ulbrisht. At the time he was the communist leader in the Soviet Union. The wall was taken down because the Soviet Union side of Berlin became economically unstable. -
The Soviet Breakup
On December 25, 1991 the Soviet Union was broken up. The new systems that Gorbachev introduced did not help the Economy and the people country started to crumble. After it collapsed, it was broken up in 15 different countries. They were Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. After the break up some of the new countries created a democratic government while others stayed with th
