cold war

  • yalta comference

    yalta comference
    Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three'
    Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins
  • Stalin hostile speech

    Stalin hostile speech
    Stalin hostile speech - communism & capitalism were incompatible
  • Containment

    Marshall Plan is announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition
  • Containment

    Berlin Blockade begins lasting 11 months
  • Containmen

    Russia tested its first atomic bomb
  • H-bomb

    H-bomb
    Truman approved H-bomb development
  • H-bomb development

     H-bomb development
    A-bombs developed by Britain
  • Bombs tested

    H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
  • 1st ICBM

    Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
  • A-bombs

    A-bombs
    A-bombs developed by France
  • nuclear

    Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified
  • A-bombs

    A-bombs
    A-bombs developed by China
  • Bombing

    Bombing
    B-52s Bomb North Vietnam
  • US Secretary

    The US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admits that the US bombing raids had failed to meet their objectives
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Apollo 11 lands on the moon
  • resolve

    President Reagan and Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe
  • agree to remove

    Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missiles
  • End of wars

    End of Soviet Union and the Cold War Ends