Coldwar

The Cold War

By LoganCross11

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    A group of governments gathering to discuss the events of WWII

  • The Cold War

    The Cold War
    A time where Geological tension was strong right after WWII between the United States and Russia.

  • A-Bomb

    A-Bomb
    President Truman decides to drop the A-Bomb on Japan.

  • The Arms Race

    The Arms Race
    A competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to see who could develop the more superior weapons,

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    The U.S. strikes back from the attacks on Pearl Harbor and drops an Atomic Bomb on the city of Hiroshima.

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain was a boundary splitting up Eurpope into to seperate areas.

  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman was the 33rd Presiden, taking office after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a intergovernmental alliance between several North American and European contries.

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    A war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on June 25, 1950.

  • Eisenhower

    Eisenhower
    Eisenhower became president in 1953. He was elected on the platform of K1, C2.

  • United Nations

    United Nations
    In 1954 the United Nations (U.N) is officially created.

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Vietnam was once a French colony but fell to Japan during WWII. Ho Chi Minh declared their independence (he was a communist).

  • The U-2 Spy Incident

    The U-2 Spy Plane was a CIA spy jet built by Lockheed in 1955 that took detailed ground photos from as high as 70,000 feet.

  • The Space Race.

    The Space Race.
    This was when the United States and The Soviet Union were rivaling for superiority in space, seeing who was more technologically advanced.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A failed millitary invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA paramilitary group.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    A 13 day political and military standoff over the installation of the nuclear-armed Soviet missles on Cuba.

  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing
    NASA beats the Soviets and achives the Moon Landing in 1969

  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon is the 37th President from 1969 to 1974. He's the only U.S. President to resign from office

  • The 26th Amendment

    The 26th Amendment
    The 26th Ammendment dropped the voting age to 18+

  • The Draft

    The Draft
    In 1973 the war draft was abolished.