Cold war

The Cold War 1945-1991

By dlernor

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
    SourceThe United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It killed close to 100,000 people and wiped out 90 percent of the city

  • Bomb dropped on Nagaski

    Bomb dropped on Nagaski
    SourceThe United States dropped another atomic bomb on Japan in Nagaski killing thousands of people. Though this one only killed 40,000 it lead to the Emperor surrendering to World War II

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    SourceThis plan was signed to help aid European countries that had been affected by World War II. It helped 17 countries and gave 17 billion to countries.

  • NATO was created

    NATO was created
    SourceNATO was created to prevent Soviet expansion and to encourage European political integration. The members of this alliance agree to mutual defense of the fellow members. There are 28 members across North America and Europe.

  • Korean War Started

    Korean War Started
    SourceThe Korean War was started when North Koreans crossed the 38th parallel into Soviet territory. This caused a brutual war between North and South Korea.

  • Korean War Ends

    Korean War Ends
    SourceFive million civillians and soliders died during this war. The Korean Peninsula is divided because of this war

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    SourceThe Warsaw Pact was a pact between seven countries in Europe to defend one another if they were attacked by outside forces.

  • Vietnam War Started

    Vietnam War Started
    SourceThe Vietnam War started when the Vietcong formed fought the anti-communist forces.

  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched
    Source Sputnik was launched into space by the Soviet Union. It was the first artifical satellite lauched into space, this led to the space race. The United States later announced plans to launch a satellite.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    SourceCIA trained agents land in Cuba to try to topple the communist government Fidel Castro started.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Source This was a thirteen day standoff between the Soviet Union and United States. It ended with the Soviet Union removing their missiles from Cuba and the United States promising to not invade Cuba.

  • Vietnam War ends

    Vietnam War ends
    SourceThe Vietnam war ends, with the Unted States withdrawing. Three million people were killed. The unification of the two forces happened two years later.

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

    Iranian Hostage Crisis
    SourceIranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. This was the way that students showed the break of Iran and U.S. affairs. They let the hostages go in 1981 just shortly gave his inaugural address.

  • Berlin Wall Torn Down

    Berlin Wall Torn Down
    Source The wall between East and West Germany is torn down. East Germans were given the ability to travel to and from East and West Germany. Source

  • Cold War Ends

    Cold War Ends
    SourceThe Cold War ends when the Soviet Union dissolves and becomes Russia. Though the war ended when the Berlin Wall was brought down the official papers were not signed until December of 1991.