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Cold war timeline
1.
2. Soviet army marches into Berlin; the
German capital city falls. World War II
ends. Soviet Union, United States, Great
Britain, and France divide Berlin
and Germany into four zones of
occupation, a decision made during the
Yalta conference.
3.
4. British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's “Iron Curtain” speech
marks beginning of the Cold
War.
5.
6. U.S. President Harry Truman requests
funds to
support Greek and Turkish efforts to
fight communism. It marks the
beginning of the Truman doctrine.
7.
8. The Berlin airlift supplies West
Berlin with basic necessities after
the Soviet Union blocks off the city
in an effort to force the West to give
it up.
9.
10. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed by
the United States and many western European countries to
defend Europe against Soviet aggression.
Communist forces under Mao Zedong take over
mainland China. The United States continues to support
the government of Nationalist China, led by Chiang Kai-
shek, which is forced to retreat to the island of Taiwan.
11.
12. The Korean War begins, the first armed
conflict in the Cold War, the global
struggle between communism and
democracy.
13. More than 300,000 East
Germans flee to West Berlin and
then to West Germany.
14. The Warsaw Pact is formed by
the Soviet
Union and communist countries in
eastern Europe as a military defense
organization to counter NATO.
20. The Cuban Missile crisis sparks a major
confrontation between the United States and
the Soviet Union when the U.S. discovers
the existence of Soviet missile installations
in Cuba.
21.
22. The United States Congress approves
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which
grants President Johnson authority to
send troops to South Vietnam.
23.
24. The Soviet Union accuses the United States
of encouraging the Israeli attack and seizure
of the Sinai, Gaza Strip, the West Bank,
East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. This
attack becomes known as the Six Day War.
25.
26. The Soviet
Union invades Afghanistan,
beginning a decade-long war that
ends with their withdrawal in 1988.
