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ColdWarTimelineNotes Thecreationofthe"IronCurtain" 6Nov1946 "IronCurtain"isatermusedtodescribetheboundarythatseparatedtheWarsawPact countriesfromtheNATOcountriesfromabout1945untiltheendoftheColdWarin1991.The IronCurtainwasbothaphysicalandanideologicaldivisionthatrepresentedthewayEurope wasviewedafterWorldWarII.TotheeastoftheIronCurtainwerethecountriesthatwere connectedtoorinfluencedbytheformerSovietUnion.ThisincludedpartofGermany Czechoslovakia,Poland,Hungary,Bulgaria,Romania TheMarshallPlan 7Apr1948 TheMarshallPlan(officiallytheEuropeanRecoveryProgram,ERP)wastheAmericanprogram toaidEuropewheretheUnitedStatesgavemonetarysupporttohelprebuildEuropean economiesaftertheendofWorldWarIIinordertopreventthespreadofSovietCommunism. TheplanwasinoperationforfouryearsbeginninginApril1948.ThegoalsoftheUnitedStates weretorebuildawar-devastatedregion,removetradebarriers,modernizeindustry,andmake Europeprosperousagain. TheBerlinAirlift 24Jun1948 SovietsplacedablockadeonthealliedsectorofBerlintostarvethepopulationintoSoviet alliance.TheblockadewasasovietattempttostarveoutthealliesinBerlininordertogain supremacy.theblockadewasahighpointinthecoldwar,anditledtotheberlinairlift.The alliedresponsewasaunbelievablymassiveairsupply-flyingnightanddaytofeedthecity. FormingofNATO 4Apr1949 In1949,theprospectoffurtherCommunistexpansionpromptedtheUnitedStatesand11 otherWesternnationstoformtheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO). FormingofWarsawPact 14May1955 TheSovietUnionanditsaffiliatedCommunistnationsinEasternEuropefoundedarival alliance,theWarsawPact,in1955. VietnamWar 1Nov1955 ThecoldwarwasafightbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheUSSRovertheworld'sresources. SouthVietnamwasanallieoftheUSandNorthVietnamwasanallieoftheUSSR.TheUS fearedifNorthVietnamwonthewarothercountriesinSouthAsiawouldalsofallto Communism. Sputnik 4Oct1957 TheSputnikcrisiswastheAmericanreactiontothesuccessoftheSputnikprogram.[1]Itwasa keyColdWareventthatbeganonOctober4,1957whentheSovietUnionlaunchedSputnik1, thefirstartificialEarthsatellite.ThelaunchofSputnikIandthefailureofitsfirsttwoProject VanguardlaunchattemptsrattledtheAmericanpublic;PresidentDwightD.Eisenhower referredtoitasthe“SputnikCrisis”.AlthoughSputnikwasitselfharmless,itsorbitingscared thepeopleoftheUS TheU-2incident 1May1960 The1960U-2incidentoccurredduringtheColdWaron1May1960,duringthepresidencyof DwightEisenhowerandduringtheleadershipofSovietPremierNikitaKhrushchev,whena UnitedStatesU-2spyplanewasshotdownovertheairspaceoftheSovietUnion.TheUnited Statesgovernmentatfirstdeniedtheplane'spurposeandmission,butthenwasforcedto admititsroleasacovertsurveillanceaircraftwhentheSovietgovernmentproduceditsintact remainsandsurvivingpilot. Bayofpigs 17Apr1961 TheBayOfPigsinvasionreferstotheCIAsponsoredAmericanattackoftheCubangovernment inordertooverthrowFidelCastro.ItwasatrickyplantoexecuteasUSwasnotinwarwith Cubathen.ThoughtheUSplannedtoappear“notbeinginvolved”inthisattackanddeclared abouttheirnon-intentiontointerveneinCubanaffairs,CubahadalreadyapproachedtheUN withthefactsabouttheUStrainingmercenariesforthisplannedinvasion. CreationoftheBerlinWall 13Aug1961 TheBerlinWallwaserectedinthedeadofnightandfor28yearskeptEastGermansfrom fleeingtotheWest. CubanMissileCrisis 15Oct1962 TheCubanMissileCrisiswastheclosesttheworldevercametonuclearwar.TheUnitedStates armedforceswereattheirhigheststateofreadinesseverandSovietfieldcommandersinCuba werepreparedtousebattlefieldnuclearweaponstodefendtheislandifitwasinvaded.Luckily, thankstothebraveryoftwomen,PresidentJohnF.KennedyandPremierNikitaKhrushchev, warwasaverted. FalloftheBerlinWall 9Nov1989 hefalloftheBerlinWallhappenednearlyassuddenlyasitsrise.Therehadbeensignsthatthe Communistblocwasweakening,buttheEastGermanCommunistleadersinsistedthatEast Germanyjustneededamoderatechangeratherthanadrasticrevolution.EastGermancitizens didnotagree. AsCommunismbegantofalterinPoland,Hungary,andCzechoslovakiain1988and1989,new exoduspointswereopenedtoEastGermanswhowantedtofleetotheWest.Thensuddenly, ontheeveningofNovember DissolutionoftheUSSR 26Dec1991 TheUnionofSovietSocialistRepublicswasformallydissolvedon26December1991by declarationoftheSovietoftheRepublicsoftheSupremeSovietoftheSovietUnion.This declarationacknowledgedtheindependenceofallfifteenrepublicsoftheSovietUnion followingthecreationoftheCommonwealthofIndependentStates.Onthepreviousday,25 December1991,SovietPresidentMikhailGorbachevhadresigned,declaringhisofficeextinct, andhandedovertheSovietnuclearmissilelaunching https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/major-events-of-the-cold-war--3
