Cold War Timeline Ch. 33 & 34
Definition: Cold War a conflict over ideological differences carried on by methods short of sustained overt military action and usually without breaking off diplomatic relations. *Between the USA and USSR
USA vs. USSR
1945: Hiroshima (A-bomb)
1946: Iron Curtain
1947: Greece
1947: Marshall Plan
1947: Truman Doctrine
1948: Berlin Airlift
1949: Red China
1949: NATO
1950-53: Korean War
1952: H-Bomb
1953: Death of Stalin
1957: Sputnik
1961: Berlin Wall
1961-1973: Vietnam
1979-89: Afghanistan
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
1981: Evil Empire
1985: Gorbachev
1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down
1991: End of USSR & Cold War