Cold war 1964-1973

By Ghoul.drool

  • 1964

    1964
    Alexsei Kosygin becomes prime minister of the Soviet Union. He served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 and was one of the most influential Soviet policymakers in the mid-1960s.

  • 1965

    1965
    The Soviet Union admits to supplying arms to North Vietnam. The route sent weapons, manpower, ammunition and other supplies from communist-led North Vietnam to their supporters in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

  • 1966

    1966
    United States government admit to using chemical weapons in North Vietnam. As part of this Vietnam War effort, from 1961 to 1971, the United States sprayed over 73 million liters of chemical agents on the country to strip away the vegetation that provided cover for Vietcong troops in “enemy territory.”

  • 1967

    1967
    The Soviet Union celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. All of the Soviet Union celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Proletarian Revolution in 1967 with a tremendous show of political power, military might, and social achievements.

  • 1968

    1968
    Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia and arrest Alexander Dubcek. On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. In early 1968, conservative leader Antonin Novotny was ousted as the head of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and he was replaced by Alexander Dubcek.

  • 1969

    1969
    Gustav Husak succeeds Alexander Dubcek as leader of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. Gustáv Husák was a Slovak communist politician, who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987.

  • 1970

    1970
    Alexander Dubcek expelled from the Czechoslovak Communist Party. Dubcek was expelled from the party and dispatched to Turkey, where he served as Czechoslovak Ambassador to Ankara. Then, in June 1970, he was banished to an even more obscure job dealing with forestry in his native Bratislava, and there he remained until 1987.

  • 1971

    1971
    The Egypt–Israel peace treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., United States on 26 March, to provide an observation force, due to the threat of a veto of the motion by the Soviet Union.

  • 1972

    1972
    United States and the Soviet Union sign agreement at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. The first agreements, known as SALT I and SALT II, were signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972 and 1979, respectively, and were intended to restrain the arms race in strategic (long-range or intercontinental) ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.

  • 1973

    1973
    Richard Nixon orders an end to all military action against North Vietnam. Which results in many troops being taken from Vietnam, causing an end to the war soon to come.