Cold War timeline

  • 1949 BCE

    Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO
    Provides security against Soviet Union.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Helped shaped a post war peace
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    called for the division of Germany and Austria into four occupation zones
  • Creation of the United Nations

    Creation of the United Nations
    The United Nations was established after World War II in an attempt to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on economic, social, and humanitarian problems.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by Moscow. It led to the formation of NATO in 1949.
  • Second Red Scare

    Second Red Scare
    "characterized by heightened political repression against communists, as well as a campaign spreading fear of their influence on American institution
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
  • Creation of the Iron Curtain/Warsaw Pact

    Creation of the Iron Curtain/Warsaw Pact
  • Space race

    Space race
  • Bay of pigs Invasion

    Bay of pigs Invasion
  • Berlin Crisis of 1961

    Berlin Crisis of 1961
  • Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
  • Soviet-Afghan War

    Soviet-Afghan War
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall
  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Fall of the Soviet Union