Cold War Timeline

By evelyn_and_autumn

  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created by U.S., Canada and some western European counties.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    USSR forced to lift blockade because of U.S./Britain Airlift.

  • Creation of Warsaw Pact

    Creation of Warsaw Pact
    a political and military alliance established between the USSR and several Eastern European countries.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Soviet Union launched world's first satellite.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong.

  • Constuction of Berlin Wall

    Constuction of Berlin Wall
    Thousands of East Germs fled to the West and the East government in response built a wall that encircled West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba (war)

  • Destruction of Berlin Wall

    Destruction of Berlin Wall
    Eastern German government said their citizens could visit the West.