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cold war timline
The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between the western block (america and nato) and the eastern block (soviet union, warsaw pact). -
about the Acheson-Lilienthal Report
Its premise was that there should be an international "Atomic Development Authority" which would have worldwide monopoly over the control of "dangerous elements" of the entire spectrum of atomic energy. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a time after WW2 when the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals for world influence. -
1947 beginning of the cold war years
The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London and created the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Part of the charge the was to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction, including the atmoic bomb. -
Acheson-Lilienthal report was published
America's first effort to define a policy on the control of atomic energy was The Report On The International Control Of Atomic Energy (informally known as the "Acheson-Lilienthal" Report), and was published March 16, 1946. -
phase 1 of the coldwar 1948-1949
The first phase of the Cold War began in the aftermath of the end of the Second World War. The USSR consolidated its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc while the United States began a strategy of global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe (for example, supporting the anti-Communist side in the Greek Civil War) and creating the NATO alliance. The Berlin Blockade (1948–49) was the first major crisis of the Cold War -
Racial issues rise
Malcolm X becomes a minister of the Nation of Islam. Over the next several years his influence increases until he one of the two most powerful members of the Black Muslims. -
American military 1950's
Beginning in 1950, American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with troop levels tripling in 1961 and again in 1962.[38] U.S. involvement escalated further following the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which a U.S. destroyer clashed with North Vietnamese fast attack craft, which was followed by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave the U.S. president authorization to increase U.S. military presence. -
warsaw pact
this treaty between Albania, bulgaria, romania, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland and the soviet union. it is sometimes reffered to as the "treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance". soviets used the pact to manipulate and take advantage. -
space race
The space race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union over which country would get to space first. The first instance of success in space was the Soviet Union launch of Sputnik, a satellite. The Space Race ended with the United States launching the first man on the moon, Niel Armstrong. -
Neutron Bomb
This bomb was designed to annialate people but not much withing the surrounding area. This means that the objects and buildings wold still be in tact. The blast radius would be smalled but the impact of radiation would be larger. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This event was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The Soviet Union planted missiles in cuba that if launched would land in the united states.President Kennedy ordered their removal or else he would invade Cuba. The weapons were later dismantled. -
Six day war
the war was initiated by Israel's defence minister. The war between syria, lordan and egypt. The united nations went to the suez region but the Isreali's wanted them out. The Israel's won the six day wat. -
Tet offense
This event caused the necessety for the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The tet offense was a surprise attack initiated by a rebel group in vietnam. -
Detente
Deyente was a relaxation of foreign affairs during the Cold Wat. The 1970's was the period of time that lived the detente -
superpowers of the SU and the USA 1974-1991
The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat but they each armed heavily in preparation of an all-out nuclear World War III. Each side had a nuclear deterrent that deterred an attack by the other side, on the basis that such an attack would lead to total destruction of the attacker: the doctrine of mutually assured destruction or MAD. -
Cambodia and Khumer Rouge
the communist part of Kampchea took over Cambodia. The communist grou brought violence and inhumanity to the victims of the overthrow. -
saigon falls
North Vietnamese forces under the command of the General Văn Tiến Dũng began their final attack on Saigon, with South Vietnamese forces commanded by General Nguyễn Văn Toàn, on April 29, suffering heavy artillery bombardment. This bombardment at the Tân Sơn Nhứt Airport killed the last two American servicemen to die in Vietnam, Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge. -
Ronald Regan
Our U.S president during a portion of the Cold War and cedited for creating some peace between the United States and Soviet Russia. -
perestroika and glasnot
perestrioka means revolution and glasnost means openness. the words were used by mikhail gorbachev to describe his expectations for new renovations in russia. -
Vietnam War 1995-1975
The U.S. government viewed American involvement in the war as a way to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. This was part of a wider containment strategy, with the stated aim of stopping the spread of communism. According to the U.S. domino theory, if one state went Communist, other states in the region would follow, and U.S. policy thus held that accommodation to the spread of Communist rule across all of Vietnam was unacceptable.