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"The Cold War" the timeline.

By su6limefan

  • Truman demands Russia leave Iran

    Truman demands Russia leave Iran
    As World War II ended, Iran’s problems intensified. While the last American troops left the country on January 1, 1946, and Britain announced that it would meet a March 1 deadline, Moscow refused to withdraw its forces. The Soviets vowed continued support for a separatist movement in the northern province of Azerbaijan. The US is convinced that Russia intends to take over Iran.

  • Invasion of Csechoslavakia

    Invasion of Csechoslavakia
    Communists take over Csechoslavakia. Shortly after this in March Truman's loyalty program is created to catch spies.

  • Russia test Bomb

    Russia test Bomb
    Russia has the first successful test of an atomic bomb making the threat real for Americans.

  • H bomb okay'd

    H bomb okay'd
    Truman okays the making of the H bomb. On his footheels McCarthy goes witch hunting.

  • US bombs Vietnam

    US bombs Vietnam
    US Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds in South Vietnam in March, 1966.

  • North Korea captures Pueblo

    North Korea captures Pueblo
    The USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean forces.

  • Man on the Moon

    Man on the Moon
    Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.

  • Vietnam extended

    Vietnam extended
    Nixon extends the Vietnam war to Cambodia making American's start to question the war effort.

  • Out with Nixon

    Out with Nixon
    President Richard M. Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.

  • Vietnam conflict ends

    Vietnam conflict ends
    North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to communist forces.

  • Grenada

    Grenada
    U.S. troops invade and overthrows regime in Grenada

  • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
    He initiates a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika". He is able to make an agreement with our president Reagan shortly after.

  • No more Nukes

    No more Nukes
    Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles

  • Germany reunited

    Germany reunited
    The Berlin Wall comes down and Germans are free to travel.

  • The Cold War ends

    The Cold War ends
    In June 1990 Poland becomes independent. In September Hungary becomes independent and in November the Berlin Wall is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany. In December Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania
    The election of Boris Yeltson comes in May, and then the decline of the Soviet empire, and end of the Cold War in August 1991