Coldwar Timeline

By fishandchips25

  • Berlin Blockade and Air Lift

    Berlin Blockade and Air Lift
    The Soviet Union forced the Western Allies to abandon their post WW2 jurisdictions in West Berlin.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    This was the first military action taken after WW2. 75000 soldiers marched to South Korea. The Americans went to South Korea in July to help prevent a war with Russia and China. These tensions still exist today.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    This is when the US invaded Cuba to overthrow Castro (Cuba's leader) and was not successful which was embarrassing for the US. The US troops had to surrender.

  • U-2 Reconaissance Plane

    U-2 Reconaissance Plane
    This is when the US was caught spying on the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union shot down their plane. This was embarrassing for the US.

  • President Reagan visits the Berlin Wall

    President Reagan visits the Berlin Wall
    This is when President Ronald Reagan visits the Berlin wall in a show of commitment to the people of West Berlin.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    This is when the US and Soviet Union had serious tensions between them about the Soviet Union providing Cuba with nuclear missiles. The US did not want them to do that.

  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
    This is when the superpowers of the Cold War (US and Soviet Union) had talks about gun and armament control

  • Space Race - USSR versus USA

    Space Race - USSR versus USA
    This is when countries battled to be the first country to visit space, Soviet Union or USA. In Jan 31st 1958 America sent it's first satellite to space.

  • Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

    Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
    Th Soviets invaded Afghanistan to subside civil unrest and to build relations with them.

  • Germany Reunited

    Germany Reunited
    This is when East and West Germany came together and were no longer communist.