Cold war

Cold War Timeline

By jay_edge

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt to decide what to do after the war.

  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference
    Conference in which Germany and Austria were divided into 4 zones.

  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
    Winston Churchill gave a speech about how the division of Europe.

  • The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine
    President Truman promised to aid any country under threat of communism.

  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan
    The United States gave $13 billion to Europe to aid in rebuilding.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Russia isolated half of Berlin so they had no access to food or supplies of any kind, so the US helped with rations.

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    The US and the Soviet Union were in a race to get to space.

  • SALT

    SALT
    Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.

  • German Reunification

    German Reunification
    Germany joined east and west.

  • End of Soviet Union

    End of Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union disbanded.