COLD WAR - TIMELINE.pptx

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THE COLD WAR - TIMELINE

1945Soviet army marches intoBerlin; the German capital city falls. World War II ends.Soviet Union,United States, Great Britain, andFrancedivide Berlin andGermanyinto four zones of occupation, a decision made during the Yalta conference.

1946British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill'sIron Curtain speech marks beginning of theCold War.

1947U.S. PresidentHarry Trumanrequests funds to supportGreekandTurkishefforts to fightcommunism. It marks the beginning of theTruman doctrine.

1948TheBerlin airliftsuppliesWest Berlinwith basic necessities after theSoviet Unionblocks off the city in an effort to force the West to give it up.

1949TheNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)is formed by the United States and many western European countries to defendEuropeagainstSovietaggression.Communistforces underMao Zedongtake over mainlandChina. The United States continues to support the government of Nationalist China, led byChiang Kai-shek, which is forced to retreat to the island ofTaiwan.

1950TheKorean Warbegins, the first armed conflict in theCold War, the global struggle betweencommunismand democracy.

1953More than 300,000East Germansflee toWest Berlinand then toWest Germany.

1955TheWarsaw Pactis formed by theSoviet Unionandcommunistcountries in eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counterNATO.

1959CubabecomescommunistunderFidel Castro.

1961Soviet-controlledEast GermanydividesBerlinwith theBerlin Wall.

1962TheCuban Missile crisissparks a major confrontation between the United States and theSoviet Unionwhen the U.S. discovers the existence of Soviet missile installations inCuba.

1964The United States Congress approves theGulf of Tonkin Resolution, which grants President Johnson authority to send troops to SouthVietnam.

1967The Soviet Union accuses the United States of encouraging the Israeli attack and seizure of theSinai,Gaza Strip, theWest Bank, East Jerusalem, and theGolan Heights. This attack becomes known as theSix Day War.

1979TheSoviet UnioninvadesAfghanistan, beginning adecade-long warthat ends with their withdrawal in 1988.

1985Mikhail GorbachevbecomesSovietleader; he begins to ease away from oldcommunistpolicies.

1989TheBerlin Wallfalls.

1991TheSoviet Unionbreaks up into independent republics; theCold Warends.

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