Coldwar Timeline Part 2

By Sederance

  • Nixon Visits China

    Nixon is the first U.S President to visit China

  • Bombing North Vietnam

    Nixons orders a large bombing campaign over North Vietnam.

  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords ends U.S. involvements in Vietnam

  • War in El Salvador

    In El Salvador, war breaks in between Marxist insurgents and the government backed by the United States.

  • Beginning the Crisis

    Iranian Hostage Crisis Begins.

  • Crisis Ends

    Iranian Hostage Crisis ends.

  • Iran-Contra affair

    Public announcements on selling weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages.

  • End of the Cold War?

    Reagan and Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty and it is claimed to be the end of the Cold War.

  • True end of the Cold War

    Malta Summit, Gorbachev and Bush declares a peace era and many regard it as the true end of the Cold War