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Arab-Israeli War
May 15, 1948 – March 1949
After Israel was founded, many Arab nations tried to invade the state against the Jewish people. It was a failed effort and was the first action of this war. Tension in the Middle East still exists today.

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
May 26, 1972

Signed between the US and the Soviet Union, SALT was meant to restrain the nuclear missile race and battle between the two countries. They both recognized the mass death their weapons could do and didn't want to wipe the human race out.

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Six Day War
Jun 5, 1967 – Jun 10, 1967
Taking to the sky against Egypt and other local countries, Israel took control of the air in one day. Soon after, the ground fighting became in Egypt and Israel continued its victory. They defeated all countries going against them and captured Jerusalem. Seeing the Israel was going to take the Middle East and kill thousands, the UN stopped the fighting and the lines of the Middle East were reestablished and tensions continued to rise.

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Creation of NATO
April 4, 1949
In an attempt to keep communism from spreading and protect the non-communist countries, they created NATO and decided a military attack against one of the allied countries is an attack against all. In response to NATO and the Marshall Plan, the Soviets felt they needed something to show and protect their countries, they created the Warsaw Pact.

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Marshall Plan
April 3, 1948
The US gave a loan to countries in Western Europe to help them rebuild and halt the spread of communism, which angered the Soviets greatly. The Soviets hated US influence and the Marshall plan greatly inspired the creation of the Warsaw Pact.

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START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
December 5, 1994
After the Cold War, the US and the former Soviet Union signed START to limit the number of nuclear weapons they each could have. This was intended to lessen tensions between the two countries and prevent another mass scale war in which millions of people across the world die.

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Glasnost & Perestroika
1985- 1991
In an attempt to reform their country and kick start the economy, Russia instituted Perestroika. Glasnost was the opening of the government in Russia and creating a sort of democracy. The USSR collapsed in 1991.

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Killing Fields, ផ្លូវជើងឯក, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Khmer Rouge - Killing Fields of Cambodia
1975 to 1979
After the Cambodian Civil War, the Khmer Rouge, a communist party, led a racial cleansing movement in Cambodia. They abused and killed more than two million people and they're bodies were put in what is known as the Killing Fields.

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White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

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Eisenhower's Domino Theory
April 7, 1954
The domino theory saying once one country in Asia falls to communism, all other ones will accurately represented the US's overwhelming fear of communism and its spread. It controlled people's view on Vietnam for years as they viewed it as essential to the US economy. This rational allowed future presidents to justify involvement in Vietnam and protection from communism in South Vietnam.

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Vietnam War
Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975
Using the domino effect as reasoning, the US got involved in the conflict with supporting South Vietnam as they thought the Soviet Union was supporting North Vietnam, which launched it into a full scale war. More than 3 million people died, most of them were Vietnam civilians, and Nixon took the US out of the war in 1973. Communist forces took control of the whole country and united North and South Vietnam into one communist country.

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Suez Crisis
October 1956
Israel, the UK, and France launched an attack against Egypt after the president nationalized the Suez Canal. This action angered the other countries that benefitted from the canal so they attacked.

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Mao Zedong announces the People's Republic of China
October 1, 1949
By China declaring itself a communist nation, the anti communist movement led by the US took a hit. It drove a wedge between the two nations that was felt for years and years.

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Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
Using the protection of Turkey and Greece from communism as a spring board, Truman outlined the US's foreign policy for a potential war and said the world was in such danger from communism that something must be done. It was seen as declaration for the Cold War.

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Ev. Parish Moabit West, Thusnelda-Allee, Berlin, Germany

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Berlin Airlift
Jun 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949
After the Berlin Blockade took hold, the remaining Allies had a choice; they could give up their land to the Soviets to save people behind the blockade or find another way to reach them. They decided to bring supplies to their people through the air and the blockade was eventually lifted once they realized it was pointless.

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Invasion of Afghanistan
December 1979
In an attempt to take over Afghanistan, the Soviets took thousands of soldiers into the country. However, they were met by fired up Afghans ready to fight. Using guerrilla tactics and either found Soviet weapons or from the US, they were able to hold their ground and beat the Soviets. This was the first victory against the communist spread which led to the eventual fall of the Soviet Union (positive) and the rise of terrorism and Bin Laden in Afghanistan (negative).

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Atomic Bomb dropped
August 9, 1945
Three days after the first atomic bomb was dropped, the US dropped second one on Japan. This bomb was even more destructive than the first one and forced the Japanese government to surrender to prevent another round of bombs. The US and Allies celebrated while Japan was absolutely devastated by the human life lost and cities blown to dust.

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Atomic Bomb dropped
August 6, 1945
The first atomic bomb dropped in history was dropped by the US on Hiroshima. 90% of the city was whipped out and 80,000 people died immediately. The US felt threatened by Japan and wanted to send a message to the Soviet Union so they dropped the bomb.

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Bay of Pigs
17–20 April 1961
In an attempt to get communist Cuban leader Fidel Castro out of power, the US led a battle with Cuban soldiers against him. It was a failure, the soldiers were outnumbered, and the US surrendered in less than 24 hours.

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End of the Korean War
July 27, 1953
After reaching a stalemate, the two sides decided on a compromise to end the fighting. The POWs were able to choose where they wanted to stay, South Korea gained more land, and a large demilitarization area was put in between the two countries that is still in place today.

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Cuban Missle Crisis
Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962
The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, posing a huge threat to the US. Americans were freaking out once Kennedy made it public news and the government knew they had to do something. He creates a blockade in hope it will help but tensions continued to build on both sides. They made an agreement after 13 days with the Soviet Union that the US wouldn't invade Cuba if the missiles were removed.

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Gagarin's Start, Korolev Avenue, Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Space Race-Sputnik
October 4, 1957
One aspect of the ultimate competition between the US and the Soviet Union was the Space Race. Determined to show their technological supremacy over the other, the two countries raced to reach space. The Russians launching Spudnik was the first man made object put into space orbit.

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COMECON
January 5, 1949
In order to advance the connection between the communist countries, the Soviet Union created the COMECON to further economic relations between themselves. Trade, planning, business, and research was enhanced between the communist countries.

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Yalta Conference
February 1945
The US, Britain, and the Soviet Union all met to decide the fate of the world after WW2 was over. They decided to demilitarize  Germany and divide Poland and Germany, most important Berlin, between the Allies and France. When Stalin broke this agreement after dominating Europe and Berlin, the Cold War began.

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Berlin Blockade
1948-1949
The Berlin Blockade was the Soviet's attempt to keep the other Allies  out of their sector of Berlin and to keep their economic influence out of the Soviet's land. Quickly, millions of people living in the other country's sections of Berlin had no access to food, medicine, electricity, and things like that.

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United Nations Founded,  October 24, 1945
After WW2, many countries pledged to work together against the Axis powers, maintain peace across the world, and lead friendly interactions to prevent another world war. Today, it has 193 members and remains powerful in controlling global conflict.

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Warsaw Pact
May 14, 1955
Created by the Soviet Union and joined by many communist countries, the Warsaw Pact gave the Soviets control of a lot of military power and land. It was the Soviet's form of NATO and was their response to the threat they were feeling for the non-communist countries.

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Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße, Berlin, Germany

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Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 1991
As the Cold War was coming to an end, East Germany allowed their people to visit West Germany and break down the wall. The two groups of Germans broke down the wall and had a great celebration in the streets. The people were relieved the fighting was over and communism was gone.

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Building of the Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961
As thousands of East Germans were fleeing to West Germany to escape communism and go to the American run Western side, the Soviets suggested that East Germany build a wall to prevent this movement. This wall was seen as the symbol of the Cold War and showed how weak communism was because it was the only way to keep their people in.

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Prague Spring
January 5 1968-August 21 1968
In Czechoslovakia, new ruler Alexander Dubcek created reform for better human rights while still under communism. The Soviets sent 600,000 soldiers to the area and the reforms were taken away. The area was forced back into strict communism and any idea of revolution crushed.

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Hungarian Revolution
Oct 23, 1956 – Nov 10, 1956
In response to communism, Hungarians rose against the Soviet control and spread of communism in their country. Unfortunately, they were crushed in their actions; the Soviets killed thousands and a quarter million people fled Hungary. This empowered the Soviets greatly and showed communist countries not to rise or else a similar thing would happen to them.

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Korean War
Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953
Seen as the first military battle of the Cold War, North (communist) and South Korea (non-communist) fought each other over communism with the influence of outside countries like the US. The result was an end in fighting but their is still a division between the countries today.