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Cold War TImeline

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  • Postdam Conference

    "The Potsdam Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian." The Potsdam Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2015.

  • Potsdam Confrence

    Potsdam Confrence
    The Big Three led the Potsdam Confrence in Germany which split Germany into four sectors. There was the West side of Germany and East side of Germany. Stalin got theEast and America, Britain, and somehow France split up the West. They also got parts of the capital of Germany With West Berlin and East Berlin split up the same way.The Potsdam Conference was another way to stop Germany from starting there second world war. So as noted before they split up Germany in to four parts.
  • Period: to

    The Cold War

  • Communism in Albania

    First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

  • Communism in Albania

    First East European Communist government set up in Albania.

  • Communist sieze power

    Communists seize power in Poland.

  • Truman Doctrine announced.

    Truman Doctrine announced.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949)

  • NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.

  • Another bomb

    Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.

  • Communism Wins

    Communists win Chinese Civil War.

  • Korean War

    U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces ( Ends July 27, 1953)

  • Iranian government over throw

    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government.

  • Guatamalan government overthrow

    U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government.

  • SEATO

    Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed.

  • Warsaw Pact formed.

  • Summit Meeting

    First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev

  • Hungarian Revolution Failure

    Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution

  • First man made missile.

    Soviets launch first man made satellite.

  • New Communist leader

    Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was a startling time for American's.

  • Berlin Wall

    East Germany builds Berlin Wall.

  • Cuban Missile Cissis

    Cuban Missile Cissis
    The Cuban Missile Crissis was a scary time for all Americans. Americans where all in threat of being nuked by the Soviets. The Soviets had recently just iunstalled nuclear missiles of the Coast of America. This thirteen day story was a deadly and scary. JFK authorized a naval blockade of Cuba. The Crissis was abated when Gorbachev called the boats back. JFK agreed to remove all missiles from Turkey as well. This marked America's first victory against the Soviet's.

  • Cuban Missile Crissis

    "Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum." Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2015.

  • China's first bomb

    China's first bomb
    The success of China was not very easy. China was promised help by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union later denied all help to China and removed all the foriegn workers from China. Mao Zedong promised the world they would create nuclear weapons in the next 8 years. They did so in four years. So in 1964 the first Chinese atomic bomb was exploded. So as you see China's path to success was not an easy path.

  • China drops first Atomic Bomb

    "1964: China's First Atomic Bomb Explodes." 1964: China's First Atomic Bomb Explodes. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2015.

  • South Vietnam

    U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.

  • Chech faliure

    Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising.

  • Visit to China

    President Richard Nixon visits China.

  • South Vietnam falls

    South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.

  • Communism in Angola

    Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola.

  • Diplomatic relations

    U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.

  • Soviet Army

    Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan

  • Solidarity Union

    Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity Union formed

  • Invasion

    U.S. invades Grenada

  • New leader

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.

  • Rebellion

    Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government.

  • Communism out of Poland

    Solidarity forms the first post-war non-Communist government in Poland

  • Communism is falling

    Hungary declares a non-Communist government.

  • Immigration now legal in Germany

    East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany.

  • Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall

    Berlin Wall is demolished.

  • Reunification of Germany

    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994

  • Communist stage coup

    Hard line Communists stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.

  • The end of the Soviets

    The Soviet Union is abolished. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia.