Remake of Cold War Timeline by Kendell Ellis-McMullen https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf The 10 Most Important Events of this Period (#1 is given to you) en-us 2022-04-22 13:46:14 UTC 2025-05-15 13:54:38 UTC hello@padlet.com August 14th 1945 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153618439 V J Day
The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.



]]> 2022-04-22 13:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153618439 March 12th 1947 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153621353 Truman Doctrine
President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover


]]> 2022-04-22 13:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153621353 June 25th 1950 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153623511 Korean War
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.



]]> 2022-04-22 13:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153623511 October 14th 1962 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153625255 Cuban Missile Crisis
A US spy plane reported sighting the construction of a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. President Kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles. War was averted when the Russians agreed on 28th October to remove the weapons. The United States agreed not to invade Cuba.


]]> 2022-04-22 13:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153625255 November 22nd 1963 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153626857 JFK Assassination
JF Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder but there has always been speculation that he was not a lone killer and that there may have been communist or CIA complicity.



]]> 2022-04-22 13:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153626857 April 30th 1970 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153630143 Vietnam War
President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia.


]]> 2022-04-22 13:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153630143 March 11th 1985 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153632362 Govbachov leader of USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union



]]> 2022-04-22 13:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2153632362 December 16th – 25th 1989 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156511457 Romanian Revolution
Riots broke out which culminated in the overthrow and execution of the leader Ceauşescu and his wife.


]]> 2022-04-25 13:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156511457 31st July 1991 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156514446 START
The Strategic Arms Reduction treaty was signed between Russia and the USA


]]> 2022-04-25 13:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156514446 26th December 1991 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156516896 End of the Soviet Union
Russia formally recognised the end of the Soviet Union

]]> 2022-04-25 13:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156516896 November 17th – December 29th 1989 ke18262 https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156519167 Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution, also known as the Gentle Revolution, was a series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that led to the overthrow of the Communist government.


]]> 2022-04-25 13:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ke18262/yzwnxd9p2uni2uuf/wish/2156519167