Timeline by Alexa Brackett

Nato

ab16244 — 2024-05-20 18:49:56 UTC

In the 1949, Nato was to serve and protect the people and territory of the people. They focused on collective defense and the protection of its members from potential threats coming from the soviet union.

Eisenhower becomes president 1953

ab16244 — 2024-05-20 19:09:30 UTC

Dwight D, Eisenhower was an American military officer and states man who served as the 34th president of the United states from 1953 to 1961.

: During ww2 he was the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary force IN EUROPE and achieved the 5 star rank as the general of the army.

:Eisen howers main focus of the cold war was to keep the energy of the economy while building strength to fight the cold war and depending on nuclear weapons to scare other countries or to fight a war.

Ussr first atomic test bomb 1949

ab16244 — 2024-05-20 19:15:44 UTC

This bomb was named Joe-1

: This was the first tested bomb in the Soviet union

: Statlin knew that the USA had an atom bomb in a conference.

The USSR wanted to ascertain the military effects of the Nuclear weapons and to test new weapons designs.

China becomes communist 1949 in october 1st

ab16244 — 2024-05-20 19:24:59 UTC

The CCP victory had a major impact on the global balance power.

: There were a series of events that led china into becoming a communist country.

: Years, the nationalist government of chaiang kai to repress over the rebellions of the CCP which was the chinese communist party.

The warsaw pact in 1955

ab16244 — 2024-05-20 19:32:23 UTC

USSR permed military alliance, equivelent to nato.

: The warsaw pact defended the soviet union, poland, czechsolovalkia, Hungary.

The warsaw pact was a defense organization which ws established by the soviet union and other states in Eastern Europe.

Vietnam War started in 1955 november 1st

ab16244 — 2024-05-21 00:45:04 UTC

This was war between north vietnam and its communist allies,

south vietnam and its anti-communists allies
This war also had involvement of the U.S, which we came into the war more in the 1960s but the U.S involvement ended in 1973.

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 October 23

ab16244 — 2024-05-21 00:51:27 UTC

Hungarians revolted against the soviet dominated govern.
But then they are also dominated by the soviet military. which reinstates a communist govern.
This whole event in short terms was basically known as the Hungary uprising. This was a country worldwide revolution against the ministry of the Hungarian peoples republic.

The Eisenhower Doctrine 1957

ab16244 — 2024-05-21 00:57:46 UTC

basically under the Eisenhower Doctrine, the middle eastern could request for American economic assistance or aid from the U.S military forces.
This was an Eisenhower Speech.
The main goal of the Eisenhower Doctrine was to reduce the spreading of communism.

Cuban Revolution 1959

ab16244 — 2024-05-21 01:05:47 UTC

The cuban Revolution was a military and more of an economic/political chance to overthrow FB Dictatorship which he was control from 1952 to 1959.
The cubans hated him because the racial inequality and racism
they also wanted to restore democracy to the island.

End of Cold war 1991

ab16244 — 2024-05-21 01:12:44 UTC

The cause of the cold war ending had a few reasons, The Soviet Union was struggling Economically and politically.

Also the berlin wall came down which was a huge Symbolic moment!

There were changes in leaderships in both U.S and U.S.S.R which also released a lot of tension on both sides.