World History Timeline

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  • Arms Race

    Arms Race
    U.S. in a Nuclear Arms Race with U.S.S.R
    Each country fought for nuclear power.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    To counter Soviet geopolitical Expansion during the Cold War
  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Border put up to separate east and west Berlin
    Closed borders
  • Berlin Air lift

    Berlin Air lift
    East and West brought goods over the blockade which brought an end to the blockade.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The US gave Europe $31 Billion in money to help restore the western parts of Europe after WWII.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    North Korea invades South Korea and they fight along the border.
  • Korean War Armistice

    Korean War Armistice
    Treaty that ended the war and made no changes to the land they were fighting for.
  • Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin Dies
    He died of Cerebral Hemorrhage.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    Vietnam and America fight to reunify Vietnam.
  • Space Race

    Space Race
    U.S. and U.S.S.R race to the moon
    First country there can put satellites up and spy on enemy.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    A U-2 is a spy plane that the US used to spy on U.S.S.R. It was shot down on may day.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    The wall was thrown up overnight and encircled west Berlin to keep the communists out of East Berlin.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    Social Intelligence group called the Brigade 2506 failed to invade Cuba.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    US and USSR Have a 13 day standoff upholding the Nuclear missiles of the USSR on Cuba.
  • Salt treaty

    Salt treaty
    The treaty to control the arms race.
  • End of Vietnam War

    End of Vietnam War
    President Richard Nixon announced an Accord that would put an end to the war.
  • U.S. Journey to space

    U.S. Journey to space
    They make it to space first and put the flag on the moon.
  • End of Berlin wall

    End of Berlin wall
    A cold war was taking place in Europe so Spokesman of East Berlin said that GDR were free to cross the border.
  • German Re-Unification

    German Re-Unification
    General Democratic party became part of Federal Party in Germany. This reunited Berlin.
  • USSR break up

    USSR break up
    This made it so that self governing independence to the Republicans was restored.