Cold War Timeline by Polina Demianenko

Olympic Boycotts in the '80s (location & years)

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Location : Soviet Union

Year: 1980

Location: United States

Year: 1984

Location: SouthKorea

Year: 1988

Cuban Missile Crisis

2025-01-16 22:20:21 UTC

In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the pro-U.S. government of Cuba.
In 1961, the U.S. backed a failed CIA invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
In 1962, the Soviet Union secretly began building nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

McCarthyism (duration)

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-16 22:21:31 UTC

McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare, was the persecution of left-wing people and the fear of communism and Soviet influence in the U.S. during the late 1940s and 1950s.

berlin airlift

2025-01-16 22:22:47 UTC

On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin, cutting off food, coal, and other supplies.
The airlift lasted from June 26, 1948 to September 30, 1949. During this time, the Allies delivered over 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin.

Star Wars (SDI)

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On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete, called the Strategic Defense Initiative, or now known as SDI.

START Treaties

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1991

SALT Treaties

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November 17, 1969

jfk assassination

2025-01-16 22:25:36 UTC

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

ABM Treaty

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May 26, 1972

Fall of the Berlin Wall

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9 November 1989

Tiananmen Square incident

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April 15, 1989

splitting up of germany

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The splitting up of Germany primarily occurred after World War II, with the key event being the division of the country into four occupation zones by the Allied powers (the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union) at the Potsdam Conference in 1945

End of Cold War

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December 3, 1989

Vietnam War

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:19:24 UTC

November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975

Space Race (Soviet & U.S.)

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:21:41 UTC

a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.

iron Curtain Speech

2025-01-21 21:21:55 UTC

The "Iron Curtain" speech was given by Winston Churchill on March 5, 1946 at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:22:32 UTC

December 24, 1979 – February 15, 1989 (9 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

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March 13, 1954

Korean War

2025-01-21 21:23:22 UTC

The Korean War was a conflict between North and South Korea that lasted from 1950 to 1953.

The Berlin Wall put up

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:24:07 UTC

It surrounded West Berlin from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989

Creation of NATO

2025-01-21 21:24:08 UTC

AI Overview Learn more NATO as a Deterrent - War on the Rocks The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established on April 4, 1949

The Marshall Plan

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:24:47 UTC

April 3, 1948

Chernobyl Disaster

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:25:21 UTC

April 26, 1986

Creation of Warsaw Pact

2025-01-21 21:26:52 UTC

The Warsaw Pact was created on May 14, 1955

Bay of Pigs

pd53796_1 — 2025-01-21 21:26:58 UTC

The brigade hit the beach at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961, but the operation collapsed in spectacular failure within 2 days.

TIMELINE

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1. Splitting up of Germany - 1945

2. Iron Curtain Speech - 1946

3. The Marshall Plan - 1948

4. Berlin Airlift - 1948

5. Creation of NATO - 1949

6. Korean War - 1950

7. McCarthyism - 1950

8. Space Race - 1957

9. Battle of Dien Bien Phu - 1954

10. Warsaw Pact creation - 1955

11. Vietnam War - 1955

12. The Berlin Wall put up - 1961

13. Bay of Pigs - 1961

14. Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962

15. JFK Assassination - 1963

16. ABM Treaty - 1972

17. SALT Treaties - 1972

18. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - 1979

19. Olympic Boycotts in the '80s - 1980

20. Star Wars - 1983

21. Chernobyl Disaster - 1986

22. Tiananmen Square incident - 1989

23. Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989

24. End of the Cold War - 1991

25. START Treaties - 1991