Cold War TIMELINE

1945 – UNITED NATIONS; COLD WAR STARTS; YALTA AGREEMENT 1946 – 1954 – WAR AGAINST THE FRENCH IN INDOCHINA 1947 – TRUMAN DOCTRINE 1948 – BERLIN AIRLIFT 1949 – SOVIET UNION HAD NUCLEAR BOMB 1949 – NATO FORMED 1949 – COMMUNISTS CONTROL CHINA

1950 – 1953 – KOREAN WAR 1952 – U.S. TEST FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB IN MARSHALL ISLANDS 1953 – SOVIETS TEST HYDROGEN BOMB 1955 – WARSAW PACT CREATED 1957 – LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK 1950s – McCARTHY HEARINGS 1958 – 1960 – GREAT LEAP FORWARD

1959 – CASTRO TAKES OVER IN CUBA 1961 – BAY OF PIGS INVASION; BERLIN WALL BUILT 1962 – CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1963 – INSTALLATION OF A HOT LINE 1963 – 1975 – VIETNAM WAR 1964 – GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION 1966 – CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA

1969 – STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS (SALT) BEGINS 1979 – SOVIET UNION INVADED AFGHANISTAN 1970s – DÉTENTE 1985 – GORBACHEV TAKES POWER IN RUSSIA

1987 – INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY 1989 – BERLIN WALL COMES DOWN 1990 – UNIFICATION OF EAST AND WEST GERMANY 1991 – COLD WAR ENDS; RUSSIA CRUMBLES