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The Cold War

By Chankas
  • 1989 BCE

    The fall of the Berlin Wall

    The fall of the Berlin Wall
    Berlin wall was fall in 1989
  • 1985 BCE

    USSR changes his politices

    USSR changes his politices
    In 1985, the USSR began to change its policies. Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and brought
    some changes
  • 1972 BCE

    Agreement with USA and the USSR

    Agreement with USA and the USSR
    In 1972, the USSR and the USA agreed to limit their nuclear weapons and they signed the strategic
    Arms Limitation Talks Agreement (SALT 1).
  • 1961 BCE

    JFK became the president of the USA

    JFK became the president of the USA
    The Democrat John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the president in 1961 and tensions with the
    eastern bloc were reduced.
  • 1961 BCE

    Wall of Berlin

    Wall of Berlin
    In Berlin, 2,5 million people left East Berlin for the West,
    half of them were young people. A 30 mile barrier (wall)
    was erected (13th August 1961) across the city of Berlin
    dividing the Eastern sector from the West.
  • 1961 BCE

    Invasion of Cuba by the USA

    Invasion of Cuba by the USA
    In 1961,
    President Kennedy authorized an invasion of Cuba
    by rebels trained by the CIA. They landed in the
    Bay of Pigs, but they were defeated.
  • 1959 BCE

    Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    In 1959, Castro began a guerrilla war and
    soon marched on Cuba´s capital, Havana, and overthrew the government.
  • 1957 BCE

    Treaty of Rome

    Treaty of Rome
    Treaty of Rome (25th March 1957). It constituted the creation of the European Economic
    Community (EEC) or Common Market.
  • 1956 BCE

    Poland went on a strike

    Poland went on a strike
    Polish workers in Poznan went on strike (1956) but
    were soon controlled by Russian troops.
  • 1953 BCE

    Korea War

    Korea War
    MacArthur wanted to attack China but Truman disagreed and MacArthur was dismissed. Truman
    looked for peace and a cease-fire was agreed on in 1953.
  • 1951 BCE

    Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris (18th April 1951). It involved the creation of the European Coal and Steel
    Community (ECSC) It was signed by France, Western Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands,
    and Luxembourg. It created a free-trade area for coal and steel in the signing countries
  • 1949 BCE

    Germany divided

    Germany divided
    In 1949 two new states were formed: the German Federal Republic (West Germany) and the
    German Democratic Republic. The frontier between Eastern and Western Europe had been
    drawn in Berlin.
  • 1949 BCE

    NATO is created

    NATO is created
    In 1949, the Western Powers formed NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) against the
    communist threat. The Eastern Bloc formed the Warsaw Pact (1955).
  • 1948 BCE

    Benelux Custom Union

    Benelux Customs Union (1948). It was an agreement that was signed by Belgium, the
    Netherlands, and Luxembourg in order to remove customs and to promote free movement of
    capital, goods, and workers.
  • 1948 BCE

    Control of the USSR

    Control of the USSR
    By 1948,Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia,
    Albania and Bulgaria had pro-soviet Communist governments controlled by USSR (Stalin).
  • 1946 BCE

    Wiston Churchill

    Wiston Churchill
    The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, suggested in 1946 that Europe
    could compete with the USA and the USSR as a leading nation.
  • 1940 BCE

    Cuban missiles

    Cuban missiles
    Cuba, which was only 100 miles away from the USA, had been ruled by a military dictator, Batista,
    since 1940.