The Cold War 1947–1991

By erinmaree

  • Germany surrenders to Allies

  • U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • USSR enters war against Japan

  • Japan surrenders; End of World War II

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    The Cold War

  • Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

  • Marshall Plan is announced

  • Berlin Blockade by USSR begins

  • Berlin Blockade ends

  • USSR explodes its first atomic bomb

  • Communists take control of China

    Actual date unknown

  • Korean War begins

  • Korean War ends

  • Warsaw Pact formed

  • USSR launches Sputnik into Earth orbit

  • Fidel Castro takes over Cuba

    Actual date unknown

  • John F. Kennedy elected President

  • USSR astronaut Gagarin first to orbit Earth

  • Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba

  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

  • Cuban Missile Crisis (nuclear war narrowly averted)

  • China detonates its first atomic bomb

  • U.S. lands first man on moon

  • Ronald Reagan elected President

  • Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan

  • Berlin Wall falls

  • West Germany and East Germany unite

  • Warsaw Pact ends

  • USSR Dissolved

  • Cold War ends