Cold War Timeline

  • United Nations Formed (1945)

    United Nations Formed (1945)
    created as a place to talk about confits
  • Truman Doctrine (1947)

    Truman Doctrine (1947)
    U.S. policy aimed at containing the spread of communism
  • Hollywood Ten (1947, with blacklisting continuing into the 1950s)

    Hollywood Ten (1947, with blacklisting continuing into the 1950s)
    a group of flim makers that refuse to snig a anit comisstoin thing
  • Marshall Plan (1948)

    Marshall Plan (1948)
    a plan to get economic aid to rebuild Western European countries after WWII
  • NATO formed (1949)

    NATO formed (1949)
    aline to contner the soviets
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    Korean War (1950–1953)

    A conflict between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea
  • Space Race/Sputnik (1957, but the broader Space Race spans the 1950s–1970s)

    Space Race/Sputnik (1957, but the broader Space Race spans the 1950s–1970s)
    i race to get something into space between us and soviets
  • Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)

    Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)
    a wall in westen brinlen
  • Bay of Pigs (1961)

    Bay of Pigs (1961)
    failed us invation cuba
  • U.S. official enters Vietnam War (1965 escalation, though involvement began earlier in the 1950s)

    U.S. official enters Vietnam War (1965 escalation, though involvement began earlier in the 1950s)
    a war to stop commist
  • Soviets invade Afghanistan (1979–1989)

    Soviets invade Afghanistan (1979–1989)
    to support a comisstist group
  • Berlin Wall Comes Down (1989)

    Berlin Wall Comes Down (1989)
    the wall in berlin goes down