Cold War

By Cotton13

  • Yalta Conference

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    Cold War - Alec Cotton

  • United States first used atomic bomb in war

    United States first used atomic bomb in war

  • Japanese surrender (V-J Day)

  • Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

    Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech

  • Marshall Plan is announced

  • Berlin Blockade begins

    Berlin Blockade begins

  • NATO ratified

  • Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

    Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China

  • USSR explodes first atomic bomb

  • Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch-hunt

  • Korean War begins

    Korean War begins

  • Rosenberg executions

    Rosenberg executions

  • Korean War ends

  • Vietnam split at 17th parallel

    Vietnam split at 17th parallel

  • Warsaw Pact formed

    Warsaw Pact formed

  • Sputnik launched

    Sputnik launched

  • Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

    Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro

  • U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

    U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

  • John F Kennedy elected President

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • Construction of Berlin Wall begins

    Construction of Berlin Wall begins

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis

  • Saigon, South Vietnam falls to Communism

    Saigon, South Vietnam falls to Communism

  • Berlin Wall falls

  • Soviet empire falls

    Soviet empire falls

  • Germany reunited

  • U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War

    U.S. and Russia sign formal end to the Cold War