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Cold War Timeline

  • Suez Canal

    Suez Canal
    The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The construction of the Suez canal ended in 1956.
  • Red Scare

     Red Scare
    A Red Scare is the promotion of widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. It ended in 1920
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Truman doctrine was created by President Harry S. Truman. It states that the US will provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal forces. 1989
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    It was created by State George Marshall. It was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It ended in December 1951.
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain, and France to travel to their sectors of Berlin. It ended on May 12, 1949,
  • Space Race

    Space Race
    It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the USA to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It ended on July 17, 1975.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    It was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union. It ended on the same day as started which was May 1, 1960.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    Berlin Wall was a wall that separated the city of Berlin in Germany. It separated the eastern half from the western half. It separated till 1989.