Timeline of the Cold War
1941 Russia, Britain and USA formed the Grand Alliance to defeat the Nazis
Nov 1943 Tehran Conference
1944-48 Soviet creation of satellite states in Eastern Europe
1945 USA nuclear bomb
1945 Minh declared independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1945 Tito elected President of Yugoslavia
Feb 1945 Yalta Conference
6 Aug 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped
Aug 1945 Potsdam Conference, Churchill → Attlee
Feb 1946 Long Telegram
Sept 1946 Novikov’s Telegram
March 1946 Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech
1946 Hostilities broke out between France and Vietminh
1947 Truman Speech, Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
1947 British and French zones combined into Bizonia
1947 Division of Korea along 38th parallel confirmed
Sept 1947 Cominform created
Feb 1948 Czechoslovakian coup
1948 US joined Bizonia to form Trizonia
1948 Stalin expelled Yugoslavia from Cominform and cut off economic aid
May 1948 Republic of Korea created in South under Syngman Rhee
June 1948 Berlin Blockade
Sept 1948 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea created in North under Kim Il Sung
1949 USSR atomic bomb
Jan 1949 Comecon created
Jan-May 1949 Berlin Airlift
April 1949 NATO created
Sept 1949 Federal Republic of Germany established (FGR = West Germany)
Sept 1949 USSR nuclear bomb
Oct 1949 German Democratic Republic established (DDR = East Germany)
Dec 1949 Mao became leader of China
1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance
1950 PLA invaded Tibet
March 1950 Truman sent aid to help France defeat Vietminh
June 1950 US allowed Japan to build a ‘self-defence force’
June 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea
Sept 1950 Amphibious landing of UN troops at Incheon
Oct 1950 UN troops crossed the 38th parallel. Captured Pyongyang
Nov 1950 Chinese launched counter offensive
Dec 1950 Pyongyang recaptured. UN troops fell back to 38th parallel
1951 Treaty of San Francisco and the American-Japanese Security Treaty left Japan a military
protectorate of US
Feb 1951 UN condemned China as an aggressor in Korea
April 1951 Eisenhower dismissed MacArthur
July 1951 Truce talks started in Korea, war continued for another two years
Sept 1951 USA and Japan signed mutual security pact
Oct 1951 USSR proposed a neutral Germany
1952 USA hydrogen bomb
1953 USSR hydrogen bomb
1953 Seventh Fleet withdrawn to ‘unleash’ Taiwan’s nationalists to attack mainland China
1941 Russia, Britain and USA formed the Grand Alliance to defeat the Nazis
Nov 1943 Tehran Conference
1944-48 Soviet creation of satellite states in Eastern Europe
1945 USA nuclear bomb
1945 Minh declared independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1945 Tito elected President of Yugoslavia
Feb 1945 Yalta Conference
6 Aug 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped
Aug 1945 Potsdam Conference, Churchill → Attlee
Feb 1946 Long Telegram
Sept 1946 Novikov’s Telegram
March 1946 Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech
1946 Hostilities broke out between France and Vietminh
1947 Truman Speech, Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
1947 British and French zones combined into Bizonia
1947 Division of Korea along 38th parallel confirmed
Sept 1947 Cominform created
Feb 1948 Czechoslovakian coup
1948 US joined Bizonia to form Trizonia
1948 Stalin expelled Yugoslavia from Cominform and cut off economic aid
May 1948 Republic of Korea created in South under Syngman Rhee
June 1948 Berlin Blockade
Sept 1948 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea created in North under Kim Il Sung
1949 USSR atomic bomb
Jan 1949 Comecon created
Jan-May 1949 Berlin Airlift
April 1949 NATO created
Sept 1949 Federal Republic of Germany established (FGR = West Germany)
Sept 1949 USSR nuclear bomb
Oct 1949 German Democratic Republic established (DDR = East Germany)
Dec 1949 Mao became leader of China
1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance
1950 PLA invaded Tibet
March 1950 Truman sent aid to help France defeat Vietminh
June 1950 US allowed Japan to build a ‘self-defence force’
June 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea
Sept 1950 Amphibious landing of UN troops at Incheon
Oct 1950 UN troops crossed the 38th parallel. Captured Pyongyang
Nov 1950 Chinese launched counter offensive
Dec 1950 Pyongyang recaptured. UN troops fell back to 38th parallel
1951 Treaty of San Francisco and the American-Japanese Security Treaty left Japan a military
protectorate of US
Feb 1951 UN condemned China as an aggressor in Korea
April 1951 Eisenhower dismissed MacArthur
July 1951 Truce talks started in Korea, war continued for another two years
Sept 1951 USA and Japan signed mutual security pact
Oct 1951 USSR proposed a neutral Germany
1952 USA hydrogen bomb
1953 USSR hydrogen bomb
1953 Seventh Fleet withdrawn to ‘unleash’ Taiwan’s nationalists to attack mainland China
