A Timeline of the Cold War
Category: History
Updated: 24 Feb 2025
Academic Writing (Grade 11 - COLD WAR TIMELINE)
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Created byJonathan Gerkin
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Checkpoint Charlie StandoffWarsaw TreatyNorth Atlantic TreatyThe Greek Civil WarThe SALT II AgreementMoscow Summit (1972)The U-2 Plane IncidentThe Prague DeclerationThe Cobalt ScareViking FuneralsThe Soviet False Alarm IncidentThe Bandung ConferenceConstruction of Berlin Wall BeginsThe Truman DoctrineThe 1969 Sino-Soviet Border ConflictNew
eventCommunist takeover in Czechoslovakia (1948)Ike's Atoms for Peace speech December 8 (1953)Operation Blue BatThe Angolan Civil WarNuclear Test Ban Treaty RatifiedU.S. troops overthrow Regime in GrenadaThe Korean Armistice AgreementThe Soviet Invasion of HungaryBig Ivan/Tsar Bomba testBig Ivan/Tsar Bomba testPeriods
The Russian Army Captures BerlinOperation Ivy BellsCastle Bravo TestThe Novikov Telegram (1946)The Prague SpringDevelopment of the First Hydrogen BombIron Curtain SpeechSoviet Withdrawal from AfghanistanOperation Chrome DomeKorean War (1950)Iranian Hostage CrisisIndependence of the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Potsdam Conference (1945)Operation Acoustic KittyProject ColdfeetProject MK UltraVietnam WarProject Mk UltraVietnam WarThe Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969)An example of a time spanTitan ll Missile 1963-1987The Paris Peace Accords (1973)U2 spy incident (1960)Formation of the CIA (1947Able Archer 83Operation AnadyrThe Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)Soviet-Afghan WarThe Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1989) was nearly a decade long conflict between the Soviet Union and Afghan resistance fighters, known as the Mujahideen. In Afghanistan, the communist People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan had total control of the government. They began purging opposition, and implementing reforms into society. This angered the anti-communist muslims that resided in Afghanistan. When they began revolting, it forced the Soviet Union to intervene in order to supporSoviet-Afghan WarEvent progress
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