https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63 This timeline has some important events from the Cold War. Mateo Duque Santiago Cuervo Sebastián Valderrama en-us 2022-06-25 15:47:58 UTC 2025-10-25 13:41:28 UTC hello@padlet.com mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230352203 The Cold War starts in March 12 1947. It started because of tensions between United States and USSR. The different ideologies these countries had, and the ambition of wanting to have control over the world were some of the main causes for the outbreak of this war.]]> 2022-06-25 15:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230352203 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230355929 Harry Truman in a speech told that United Stated would provide military, economic, and political forces to all of the democratic forces that are under control of internal or external authoritarian forces. This was a clear reference that USSR was threatening all of the world.]]> 2022-06-25 16:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230355929 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230356630 This plan was proposed by George C.Marshall which was the secretary of state of US. This consisted of economic support for all of the countries that were devastated due to WWII.]]> 2022-06-25 16:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230356630 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230358022 The USSR attempted to stop the Western influence and access into East Berlin. This was done with the block of roads, railways and the canals that led to East Berlin.]]> 2022-06-25 16:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230358022 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230359086 75 thousand soldiers from North Korea invaded South Korea with the help of Soviet soldiers. Two days later, US sent troops to defend South Korea against the communist invasion.]]> 2022-06-25 16:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230359086 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230362462 Stalin died at the age of 74. Nikita Khrushchev took control over USSR. He reverted most of the policies of Joseph Stain, and focussed all of the energy in the Space program.]]> 2022-06-25 16:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230362462 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230365760 The Korean armistice was signed between between North and South Korea, as well as US. It established a demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and ended the war.]]> 2022-06-25 16:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230365760 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230367181 The Soviet Union formed this pact as a response to the acquisition of West Germany into the NATO. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).]]> 2022-06-25 16:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230367181 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230367421 After the failure of the Geneva Accords which established elections to unify North and South Vietnam, the US established the American Military Advisory Group. This with the purpose of supporting South Vietnam. US entered the conflict.]]> 2022-06-25 16:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230367421 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230370710 The president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser which was supported by the Soviets, nationalized the Suez Canal. This caused France, Israel, and Great Britain to snd forces to Egypt; however, the US forced France and Britain to withdraw their troops because they were threatened with economic sanctions.]]> 2022-06-25 17:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230370710 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230371426 The Soviet Union sent Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, into space. A month later they sent Sputnik II and Laika the dog, the first living creature in space.]]> 2022-06-25 17:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230371426 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230371594 The United States responded to both Sputnik missions by forming the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.(NASA).]]> 2022-06-25 17:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230371594 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373173 The Soviet forces shot down a spy plane of the US, and captured its pilot. The peace talks failed after Soviets proved that US was conducting espionage. ]]> 2022-06-25 17:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373173 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373332 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel in space, as well as the first person to orbit the planet.]]> 2022-06-25 17:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373332 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373938 The CIA attempted to invade Cuba in order to remove the communist leader Fidel Castro. This was a failure that brought embarrassment to the US, and it also increased tensions with Soviets.]]> 2022-06-25 17:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230373938 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230374677 East communist Germany constructed the Berlin Wall with the purpose of protecting and insulating their citizens from the democratic influence of West Germany.]]> 2022-06-25 17:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230374677 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376075 When US discovered that Soviets had secret missile bases in Cuba, the US responded; however, this response did not lead to nuclear war. When the situation de-escalated, the Soviets removed their missiles in Cuba with the condition that US would remove missiles in Turkey.]]> 2022-06-25 17:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376075 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376504 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine and Soviet sympathizer. This increased tensions between US and Soviets.]]> 2022-06-25 17:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376504 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376958 Two American destroyers reported that they were attacked by North Vietnam, leading the US to increase its military presence in Vietnam.]]> 2022-06-25 17:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230376958 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230378082 Leonid Brezhnev was selected as Chairman of the Soviets after Khrushchev was removed from power.]]> 2022-06-25 17:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230378082 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230378842 The US sent its first combat troops to defend the American airbase at Da Nang.]]> 2022-06-25 17:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230378842 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380500 Troops from four Warsaw Pact countries (Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, and Hungary) invaded Czechoslovakia in order to stop the reformist trends in Prague.]]> 2022-06-25 17:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380500 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380638 The US successfully sent a manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.]]> 2022-06-25 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380638 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380860 American astronauts landed on the moon, effectively winning the Space Race against the Soviet Union. Soviets later abandoned their lunar programs. ]]> 2022-06-25 17:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230380860 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230381577 The US and the Soviets negotiated the first of several treaties that regulated anti ballistic misiles in both countries.]]> 2022-06-25 17:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230381577 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230381903 North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, the United States, and other countries involved in the war signed a peace treaty that ended American involvement in the Vietnam War, and attempted to stop conflicts between North and South Korea.]]> 2022-06-25 17:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230381903 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230394947 The Vietnam War officially ended when Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the People's Army of Vietnam from the north.]]> 2022-06-25 18:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230394947 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230395077 The US and the Soviet Union launched the first crewed international space mission, their first spaceflight collaboration.]]> 2022-06-25 18:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230395077 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230395607 Iranian militants held 52 American citizens as a response to the US granting refuge to Shah Pahvali.]]> 2022-06-25 18:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230395607 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230396450 The Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan in order to install Babrak Kamal as their president; however, this was not seem as good, so the Soviet-Afghan war started. It lasted ten years.]]> 2022-06-25 18:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230396450 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230396551 US announced that they will boycott the Olympic games in Moscow of 1980 as a protest for what happened in Afghanistan. 65 countries followed US, while 80 countries sent athletes to compete.]]> 2022-06-25 18:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230396551 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230397707 14 Eastern bloc countries that included Soviet Union, East Germany, and Vietnam boycotted Los Angeles Olympic games as revenge for what happened in the Olympic games of Moscow.]]> 2022-06-25 18:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230397707 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230397886 Mikhail Gorbachev became the final leader of the Soviet Union when he was elected as General Secretary in 1985.]]> 2022-06-25 18:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230397886 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398059 An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine tested the strength of the struggling USSR. The Soviet response to the disaster only invited more international attention, and Gorbachev himself admitted that Chernobyl was a direct cause of the fall of the Soviet Union.]]> 2022-06-25 18:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398059 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398629 Tadeusz Mazowiecki took power of Poland as the first non communist leader. Poland then became the fist democratic nation of the Eastern bloc.]]> 2022-06-25 19:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398629 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398954 Massive protests in East Berlin lead the East German government and the Soviet Union to open the border between East and West Berlin. That evening, both East and West Berliners tore down the wall.]]> 2022-06-25 19:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230398954 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399190 President George H.W. Bush and General Secretary Gorbachev met to discuss the end of the Cold War, signaling an easing of international tension.

]]> 2022-06-25 19:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399190 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399418 East and West Germany were officially reunited as the nation of Germany.]]> 2022-06-25 19:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399418 mateoduque6 https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399893 With the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War officially came to an end. Most Soviet republics had already withdrawn from the Soviet Union when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned to continue being the Soviet president. The next day, the USSR ceased to exist, and Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, now presided over an independent state.]]> 2022-06-25 19:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mateoduque6/ln95cld9apgmor63/wish/2230399893