cold war timeline

By dmo69
  • yalta conference

    who: winston churchill, joseph stalin, FDR
    where:yalta, ukraine
    what: re draw lines of europe
    how it affected liberalism: they promised more and stalin agreed to free fair elections but did not go through.
  • potsdam conference

    potsdam conference
    who:truman, athlee, stalin
    where: potsdam germany
    what: truman informs stalin that the us has nuclear weapons, truman finds out stalin lied and was the start of the cold war

    how it affect liberalism:the world will change forever because of the actions taken in the cold war
  • hiroshima bombings

    hiroshima bombings
    who: usa
    what:atomic bomb
    how it affected liberalism: killed 100,000 people and ended the war
  • nagasaki bombing

    nagasaki bombing
    who:usa
    what: atomic bomb that killed a lot of people
    how it affected liberalism:
  • marshall plan

    who: us secretary george marshall
    where: europe
    what: the us would provide assistance to countries to keep them away from communism
    how it affected liberalism: made communism hated
  • molotov plan

    who: ussr, romania, hungary, bulgaria
    what:making people communist
    where: europe
    how it affected liberalism: it hurted it because the where forcing communism
  • truman doctrine

    who: truman
    where:greece and turkey
    what: anti communism
    how it affected liberalism: conatined people, helped countries thretened by communism
  • berlin block aid

    who: soviet union
    what: they made a blockade to block the allied railway
    how it affected liberalism: people supplies where cut off
  • NATO

    NATO
    who: us, soviets
    what: communist vs capitalist
    how it affected liberalism: more because they where forced on who to join
  • Period: to

    korean war

    when: june 25 1950, july 7 1953
    where: korea
    who: korea
    increased liberalism because the us went to fight and won
  • death of stalin

    death of stalin
    when: march 5 1953
    where: moscow russia
    who: stalin
    how it affected liberalism because it was seemed and the end of the communist reign in russia but it wasn't
  • warsaw pact

    who: soviet union
    what: the opposite of NATO, creating communist alliances
    where:moscow
    how it affected liberalism:took control of people
  • warsaw pact

    who:russia
    what:a treaty
    how it affected liberalism: it forced communism
  • Period: to

    vietnam war

    when: november 1 1955 to april 30 1975
    where:vietnam
    decreased liberalism the us didnt lose the pulled out of vietnam.
  • hungarian revolution

    When:October 23, 1956 – November 11, 1956 Where: Hungary
    Who: Hungary and the USSR how it affected liberalism: This decreased liberalism because when they tried to turn from communism the USSR responded with violence and weapons.
  • NORAD

    who:us, canada
    what: to protect attacks from water and air
    where: usa
    how it affected liberalism: more because people a safe feeling
  • take over of fidel castro

    take over of fidel castro
    when: 1959
    where: cuba
    who: fidel castro
    how it affected liberalism: cuba was close to america and they where a threat to the us
  • bay of pigs

    When: April, 1961 Where: South Coast of Cuba
    Who: The US and Cuba how it affected liberalism: This decreased liberalism because a very critical mission for the US was instantly defeated.
  • creation of the berlin wall

    who:soviets
    what: soviets divided germany with a wall
    how it affect liberalism: people were divided
  • end of the cuban missile crisis

    when: october 1962
    where cuba
    who: kennedy and khrushchev
    who it affected liberalism: increased liberalism because cuba wasn't a threat to the usa anymore.
  • nuclear arms treaty

    when: july 1 1969
    where: moscow russia
    who: usa, uk, soviets,and 40 other states
    how it affected liberalism, i think it hurted liberalism because everyone was limited to guns and i think it would be scary is you where on of those little states where they put a limit on guns because there is the fear of one of big 3 would invade.
  • Period: to

    czech revolution

    When:November 17, 1989 – December 29, 1989 Where: Czechoslovakia
    Who: Czechoslovakia how it affected liberalism: This increased liberalism because it promotes liberalism and made communism look bad.
  • berlin was falling

    berlin was falling
    When: November 9, 1989 Where: Berlin, Germany
    Who: Berlin how it affected liberalism: This increased liberalism because when the wall came down it symbolized the the communist had been beaten and communism was over in germany
  • end of da cold war

    When: December 3, 1989 Where: europe
    Who: Everyone
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    how it affected liberalism: This increased liberalism because the power of communism around the world was coming to an end.
  • Period: to

    afghanistan

    who, nato, taliban,isis, al qaeda, russia
    what: to avenge 911 attacks and to hunt down osama bin laden
    how it affected liberalism; i think it helped with liberalism because they where avenging the 911 attacks but due to there lack of pulling out its a waste of money and resources because now the terrorist are stronger than ever