The Cold War Part 1

By 1Jeremy1

  • Allies occupy Berlin after WWII

  • United States, France, Britain and the Soviet Union occupy zones of Berlin.

  • The Vietminh seize power from Japan in French Indochina.

  • Winston Churchill Delivers Iron Curtain Speech in Fulton, Missouri

  • Winston Churchill makes Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri.

  • Harry Truman announces Truman Doctrine

  • The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.

  • The Soviet Union blockades road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West.

  • In a speech by Bernard Baruch the term Cold War is used for the first time.

  • In a speech by Bernard Baruch the term Cold War is used for the first time.

  • North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) is founded to provide opposition to the Soviet Union.

  • German Democratic Republic (East Germany) comes into being.

  • Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb.

  • Joseph McCarthy claims that there are 205 communists in the US State Department.

  • Harry Truman orders US troops to Korea.

  • Harry Truman orders US troops to Korea.

  • Joseph Stalin dies.

  • Fidel Castro leads an attempt to overthrow Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.

  • Fidel Castro and a small group of armed soldiers land in Cuba.

  • .Fidel Castro and his victorious troops enter Havana.

  • United States ends all aid to Cuba.

  • Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.