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The War is Over (WWII)
The end of the world war also ended American-Soviet Cooperation. Rise of the Cold War. -
Policy of Containment (Marshall Plan)
Truman establishes this plan to contain communist expansion. By establishing the plan, the US aimed to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of Communism. -
Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crisis's of the cold war. Airlift increases tension. USSR blocked access to western allies railways, roads, and canal to sectors of Berlin. -
NATO's Birth
The original purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was to provide security for western allies against USSR -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. Happened after the USSR failed to show up for a veto in the UN. This was the first proxy war. It began when the North Korean Communist army invaded non-communist South Korea. As the North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the US came to South Korea's aid. -
Peace by Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev's leadership from 1953-1964 (after Stalin's death) was considered a "thawing" period of the cold war as he called for "peaceful coexistence" with western blocs which was a dramatic change from the previous leaders ideals. -
Warsaw Pact
An Treaty Organization between USSR and Eastern European countries in response to NATO through collective security. -
Hungarian Uprising
Uprisings in Hungary show that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified as it claims to be. The liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw forces. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is built by the Communist Government of East Germany in order to prevent further western facsist expansion. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
direct and dangerous confrontation between US and USSR and got dangerously close to superpower nuclear conflict -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is Signed
An international agreement not to use nuclear weapons. 189 countries signed. -
End of Prague Spring
Dubcek's effort to establish communism was called the Prague Spring. USSR invades and ends Prague springs.Brezhnev doctrine which said that USSR had the right to use military force to maintain the strict rule of the Communist Party in nearby socialists countries followed. -
Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords were primarily an effort to reduce tension between USSR and western alliances by securing their common acceptance of the post-World War II status quo in Europe. This provided a degree of detente. -
The War is Over (War in Vietnam)
The end of the War in Vietnam signified the failure of containment and proved the Domino Theory ( if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.) -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
USSR sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. -
Solidarity Trade Union
Solidarity Trade Unions in Poland organized the pro-democracy movement. The government agreed to legalize Solidarity and allow it to participate in free elections to a bicameral Polish parliament. -
Destruction of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is demolished which reunifies Germany a year later. -
USSR Ceases to Exist (Cold War is Over)
The Soviet Union ceases to exist, effectively ending the Cold War -
Warsaw Pact is Dissolved
Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel formally ended the warsaw treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR. Members began to seek to join NATO -
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a treaty between US and USSR on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.
