timeline

  • The Truman Doctrine is established

    This was created to help others not turn to communism
  • The Marshall Plan is introduced

    this created markets for goods, reliable trade, and supported the developing democratic western Europe
  • Berlin Airlift

    the soviets blocked off rail roads, roads, water, and allied-own areas in berlin. The United States and United kingdom delivered supplies to Berlin
  • Formation of NATO

    this was to protect people against the Soviet union
  • Start of the Korean War

    "After five years of simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula, the Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic"https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/korean-war#:~:text=After%20five%20years%20of%20simmering,from%20the%20non%2Dcommunist%20Republic
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  • the end of the Korean war

    the end of the Korean war
    The Korean war ended because an armistice was signed
  • Formation of the Warsaw Pact

    The treaty of friendship to end the cold war
  • The Eisenhower Doctrine is established

    "The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 5, 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East"." Eisenhower Doctrine - Wikipedia
  • Sputnik launched into orbit

    this marked the start of the space age and space race
  • U-2 Incident

    an american u-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet forces