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Cold War Timeline

  • Occupation Zones

    Occupation Zones
    The allies of World War II divide Germany into four occupation zones
  • Nuclear Weapons

    Nuclear Weapons
    U.S. President Truman gives permission for the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against the city of Hiroshima in an attempt to bring the only remaining theatre of war from Second World War in the Pacific to a swift closure.
  • NATO

    NATO
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed by the United States and many Western Europe countries to defend Europe against Soviet aggression
  • Germans

    Germans
    More than 300,000 East Germans flee to West Berlin and then to West Germany
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact is formed by the Soviet Union and communist countries in Eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counter NATO
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    Soviet-controlled East Germany divides Berlin with the Berlin Wall
  • Fall

    Fall
    Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere
  • Reunited

    Reunited
    East And West Germany are reunited
  • End of Cold War

    End of Cold War
    Started in 1947 and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union