Cold War

VE Day (Victory in Europe) Hiroshima Bombing Nagasaki Bombing Creation of NATO The Establishment of the Truman Doctrine Establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Chinese Communist Forces capture Manchuria Creation of the Marshall Plan Invasion on Czeckoslovakia Destruction of the Berlin Wall Mao Zedong establishes the People's Republic of China. UN Division of Palastine. Creation of the Federal Republic of Germany U-2 Incident First Successful Soviet Nuclear Weapons Test United States Test Atomic Bomb Establishment of the Republic of Korea Creation of the German Democratic Republic UN Amphibious landings at Inchon. UN Invasion of North Korea Chinese Intervention in Korea Britain creates & successfully tests its first Atomic Bomb Fulgencio Batista comes to Power in Cuba STALIN DIES Fidel Castro's first attempted coup Democracy Established in Poland Reagan announces increased military spending US President Richard M. Nixon visits Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev Eisenhower Doctrine South Vietnamese President Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, are killed Soviet-US Summit Marks the beginning of a period of Detente Helinski Accords are held Marshal Law Decalred in Poland Tet Offensive The Gdansk Agreement is signed. Viet Cong is Establsihed United States Wages War On Vietnam Elimination of Intermediate Nuclear Missles Hungarian Democracy Ralley Establishment of the Republic of Czechoslovakia. China and the Soviet Union sign a 30-year treaty of friendship. Harry Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb. The United States tests a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands. Execution of Lavrenti Beria Vietminh victory at Dien Bien Phu. France agrees to leave North Vietnam Establishment of SEATO West Germany Joins NATO Nixon announces the further withdrawal of US Troops from Vietnam UN General Assembly votes to admit communist China. Nixon orders an end of US action in Vietnam India becomes the world's sixth nuclear power. North Vietnamese forces capture Da Nang Saigon is captured SEATO is dissolved. Left-wing Sandinista rebels gain control of Nicaragua Solidarnosc is legalized in Poland Polish Political & Economic Reform PLA tanks kill 2,000 protesters in Tiananmen Square in China. Democracy Established in Hunagry Coalition Government formed in Poland Czechoslovakian Political & Economic Reform Expansion of SDI Mikhail Gorbachev named First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party End of Soviet missile deployments in Europe Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan agreed to open negotiations on arms reductions US Marines invade Grenada Communist Coup de tau in Grenda Boeing 747 airliner is shot down CIA denies that Boeing 747 airliner was spying Lech Walesa is released from detention The Polish government announces an end to martial law China explodes its first A-bomb USSR, UK, & US sign a nuclear test-ban treaty The first American troops arrive in South Vietnam The US promises to support South Vietnam against communist aggression First British H-Bomb Test Nagy is executed Hungarian Demonstrators call for Democracy Imre Nagy is appointed Prime Minister of Hungary Nagy renounces the Warsaw Pact and asks Soviet troops to leave Hungary Fidel Castro and his MR-26-7 land in Cuba Fidel Castro and MR-26-7 troops enter Havana. The United States ends all aid to Cuba Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba John F. Kennedy orders an end to all trade with Cuba The USSR agrees to send arms to Cuba. The USSR installs a missile base on Cuba John F. Kennedy announces end to Cuban Missile Crisis Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union Nixon arrives in China Nixon orders the blockade and mining of North Vietnamese ports. Nixon suggests mutual withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Vietnam Nixon announces he plans to withdraw 25,000 US troops from South Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam dies Nixon promises to remove all US troops from South Vietnam 250,000 people demonstrate against the Vietnam War in Washington. Nixon announces he plans to withdraw 100,000 US troops from South Vietnam Civil War breaks out in South Vietnam between supporters of Ngo Dinh Diem and Bo Dai China agrees to provide North Vietnam with economic aid Ngo Dinh Diem replaces Bo Dai as leader of South Vietnam First US Air Raid on North Vietnam Australia decides to send troops to South Vietnam Charles De Gaulle calls for United States forces to leave Vietnam France withdraws its troops from NATO US government admit to using chemical weapons in North Vietnam International Demonstrations against the Vietnam War takes place Johnson removes William Westmoreland as commander of US forces in Vietnam Johnson orders a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam US soldiers massacre 450 men, women and children at My Lai France becomes the world's fifth nuclear power Alexander Dubcek became first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party SALT TALKS Maurice Bishop Seized Power in Grenada Khrushchev and Kennedy establish a hotline Soviets Condemn Maoism Khrushchev denounces Stalin Nasser Announces Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal Britain & France refer to the Suez Canal dispute to the United Nations Guy Mollet meets Anthony Eden to discuss the Suez Canal dispute. Guy Mollet, Anthony Eden, and David Ben-Gurion meet in secret to discuss the Suez Canal Imre Nagy promises free elections in Hungary The United Nations demands the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary David Ben-Gurion forms a coalition government in Israel. Mikhail Gorbachev proposes reforms including secret ballot and the election of party officials. 27th January, 1987 Matyas Rakosi is replaced by Imre Nagy as prime minister of Hungary General strike in Czechoslovakia calls for an end to communist rule. The Czechoslovak prime minister announces the end of the communist monopoly of power Gamal Abdel Nasser warns Britain that its troops must leave Egypt by the 6th of December Nasser dies and is replaced by Anwar Sadat Egypt signs a 15-year peace treaty with the USSR Fidel Castro meets Salvador Allende in Chile Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile and Allende is killed Leonid Brezhnev meets Gerald Ford to discuss arms control The United States and Cuba agree that they will exchange diplomats President Anwar Sadat makes peace overtures to Israel Anwar Sadat is assassinated by Muslim extremists Reagan bans US citizens from visiting Cuba Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega suspends the Nicaraguan constitution Ronald Reagan declares his support for the Nicaraguan Contras Reagan imposes trade sanctions on Nicaragua Reagan admits to a secret arms deal with Iran It's revealed that money from Iranian arms sales was illegally passed to Contras US Congress votes to cut off aid to Contra rebels in Nicaragua Lithuania gains Independence Estonia and Latvia gain Independence Moldova gains Independence Armenia gains Independence Georgia gains Independence Gorbechov Steps down from his Position as President of the Soviet Union, a country that no longer existed Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Hungarian Uprising Arab Isreali War Berlin Blockade and Airlift Greek Civil War Korean War Suez Crisis Six Day War Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Soviet Afgan War Attempted Soviet Coup