Coldwar TImeline - Il nastro del tempo

United Nations Formation The U.S and Axis powers discussed in Washington to form a union for peace.

Truman Doctrine American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion proposed by U.S president Harry S. Truman and later expanded upon.

Berlin Blockade The Soviet Union built a wall in an attempt to stop aid to Allied powers, this eventually didn't work as the Allies to aid by air. After this wall was torn down it split Germany into two separate countries.

U.S.S.R Explode First Atomic Bomb The Soviets successfully exploded their first their first bomb created unnecessary tensions between them and the U.S

Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg With accusations of these Soviets being spies and sending information to the U.S.S.R about the atomic bomb, they were eventually executed

Construction of the Berlin Wall Nikita Khrushchev wanted to test President Kennedy by threat to see his strength and weaknesses . President Kennedy sent troops to the site. Once arrived, East Germany flees to West Berlin. This is where the East German Government and the Soviets build a wall to keep people in and separate democracy from communism.

Sputnik Satellite The Soviets wanted to be superior to the western world in more ways than one, this included the launching the first satellite called Sputnik, this sparked the space race

U-2 Incident Since the space race, both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to try and build up their superiority through economics. On May 1, the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane that was from the U.S. This caused the U.S. a big embarrassment.

SALT Treaty For the first time during the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals.

Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin

Bay of Pigs Invasion The U.S. tries to overthrow Castro in an invasion with 1,500 men that were trained by the CIA. The troops landed in the Bay of Pigs, but they did not have enough power. The U.S. then sent troops from American for help, but Castro captured and killed many. To the world , the U.S. was seen as being damaged.

Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba A young Fidel Castro lead the Revolution against the current leader Batista and eventually won taking power.

U.S Troops Exit Vietnam President Nixon decided to pull troops stationed in Vietnam out, giving power to the South

Fall of the Berlin Wall As the Cold War began to be less severe the relationship between East and West Germany strengthened and in result the wall separating them was torn down.

Cold War Ends As the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev resigns he gives a speech that the war with the U.S was over and the country was free for anybody to join

Gorbachev Ends Economic Aid Gorbachev stops sending economic aid to other communist governments in Europe, this eventually led to the fall of the U.S.S.R

Warsaw Pact Ends A pact signed in 1955 comes to an end along with the cold war, which was established as a balance of power

Soviet Troops Leave Afghanistan the Soviet Union signed the Geneva Accords with the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan that created a timetable for withdrawal. The last Soviet troops left Afghanistan on Feb. 15, 1989, ending an occupation that lasted more than nine years.

Communist Soviet, Joseph Stalin Term as Premier of the Soviet Union

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Term in Office

President Harry Truman Term in Office

Dwight Eisenhower Term in Office

John F. Kennedy Term in Office

Lyndon Johnson Term in Office

Richard Nixon Term in Office

Gerald Ford Term in Office

Jimmy Carter Term in Office

Ronald Reagan Term in Office

Communist Soviet, Nikita Khrushchev Term as Premier of the Soviet Untion

Communist Soviet Nikita Brezhnev Term as General Secretary Communist the Communist Party

Communist Soviet, Mikhail Gorbachev Term as General Secretary of the Communist Party

Yalta Conference The current most powerful leaders, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt discussed the post WW2 world, and managed to split Germany into four groups being watched over by the U.S, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.

Potsdam Conference With the death of Roosevelt and election giving office to Attlee, the two discussed how they would occupy and control the post war Germany.

Korean War The Korean War began when North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea, which was supported by the United States. General MacArthur, leader of the United Nations forces, drove the North Koreans back across the divide, yet encountered a Chinese invasion

Cuban Missile Crisis A confrontation between the U.S and Cuba. The U.S.S.R's leader leader Khrushchev urged U.S troops to leave Berlin, and set up a missile in Cuba, which in result almost caused nuclear war.

U.S Becomes Heavily Involved in Vietnam Major superpowers become involved in war with Vietnam. The world, at the time, was divided into two blocs or actions. These were coming to an end though. As well, the U.S. was falling apart since it had been involved in so much.

Iranian Hostage Crisis Fifty two american diplomats in the capitol of Iran, Tehran, were captured and taken hostage for 444 days by Iranian Revolutionists.

Iran-Contra Scandal While Americans were held hostage in Iran, a deal was arranged to trade missiles and funds, while these funds were also secretly used to fund a rebel group in Nicaragua called "Contra" this almost took the Presidency from Reagan