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Cold War Timeline

By SantiagoGjerde

  • United Nations Formed

    United Nations Formed
    After WW ll in an attempt to maintain international peace and security. they formed the United Nations

  • Berlin wall goes up

    Berlin wall goes up
    In 1947 they put the Berlin Wall up in hopes of stopping the West from further influencing the east and stopping migration

  • Truman doctrine

    Truman doctrine
    The Truman Doctrine is basicly the United States saying they will provide political, military, and economic assistance to democratic countries that are under threat from external or internal forces

  • Holly Wood 10

    Holly Wood 10
    The Hollywood 10 was 10 actors who were caused of being a communist and when they were brought to court and asked to testify they said nothing

  • Marshall plan

    Marshall plan
    it was a plan to help Western Europe and and gave them over 13 billion dollars to help

  • NATO formed

    NATO formed
    when NATO was first formed it had 12 countries including the United States United Kingdom Belgium Canada and France there are more and it was made to have security against big scary soviet union

  • Korean war

    Korean war
    the Korean War was originally South Korea vs North Korea because North Korea wanted to over South Korea and the United States was on South Koreas side

  • Space Race/Spudnic

    Space Race/Spudnic
    The space race/ Spudnic was between the United States and The Soviet Union during the Cold War which wasn't fought with guns but politically and just seeing who was better one of the things they did was see who could get to the moon first and the United States won the space race putting Neil Armstrong on the moon

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba trying to attack Castro the united states was trying to overthrow Castro to stop communism but failed

  • U.S offically enters the Veitnam war

    U.S offically enters the Veitnam war
    On March 8th, 1965 the United States entered the Vietnam War because and they entered it because of fear of communism

  • Soviets invade afganistan

    Soviets invade afganistan
    on December 24th, 1979 the soviet union invaded Afghanistan to try to spread communism to and beat anit communist Muslim guerrillas

  • Berlin wall goes down

    Berlin wall goes down
    On November 9th, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell marking the first big step toward German reunification