The Cold War

The Cold War

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1991

1945 : World War 2 ends and the Cold War begins

May 3, 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdI_UoEOsY8

March 1946 : Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech

Mar 5, 1946

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ

May 1948 : U.S. & Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin airlift

May 12, 1948

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ30Rgc5Prc

1949 : North Atlantic treaty Organization is formed

Apr 4, 1949

https://app.nimia.com/video/189229/nato-is-formed-in-1949-and-the-us-supplies-air-sup

1950 - 1953 : Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb0aZc97dKc

1954 : Vietnam War Begins

Aug 15, 1954

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/vietnam-war-fast-facts/?scrlybrkr

1955 : Warsaw Pact is formed

May 14, 1955

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niivpfrEuk

1961 : U.S. is defected and humiliated at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba

Apr 17, 1961

https://america.cgtn.com/2014/04/20/cubans-celebrate-bay-of-pigs-anniversary

August 1961 : Berlin Wall is built

Aug 13, 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHE74GNEYg

October 1962 : Cuban missile crisis

Oct 22, 1962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLo0aOfDrLY

1974  : Vietnam War is over

Apr 30, 1974

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/vietnam-war-fast-facts/?scrlybrkr

November 1989 : Fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/nov-1989-fall-berlin-wall-8980592?scrlybrkr

October 1990 : Germany is reunited

Oct 3, 1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSuHhI66R6I

December 1991 : Soviet Union collapses (Establishment of the Russian Federation)

Dec 25, 1991

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4EOSOgsekE