Timeline of The Cold War (1944-1991)
(Depth Study 3: International History, 1945-1991)
(Cambridge International AS and A level History 9389)
1944:
Nov- Tehran Conference / meeting of Big 3.
Feb- Yalta conference.
Apr- Roosevelt dies, Truman president.
May- Germany surrenders.
Jun- UNO formed.
Jul- Potsdam Conference.
Aug- Hiroshima + Nagasaki, Japan surrenders.
1946:
Feb- Stalin's Two Camps speech.
Mar- Churchill's Iron Curtain speech.
Jun- Baruch Plan proposed.
1947:
Mar- Truman Doctrine.
Jun- Marshall Plan proposed.
Jul- Kennan's Mr. X article.
Oct- Cominform created.
1948:
Feb- Czech Coup + Marshall Plan implemented.
May- Israel formed.
Jun- Berlin Blockade + Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform.
Nov- Truman re-elected.
1949:
Jan- COMECON founded.
Apr- NATO established.
May- End of Berlin Blockade.
Sep- USSR explodes a-bomb, FDR + GDR established.
Oct- Mao proclaims foundation PRC.
, 1950:
Apr- NSC-68.
Jun- N. Korea invades S.
1951:
Sep- US + Japan sign mutual security pact.
1952:
Nov- Eisenhower elected.
1953:
Mar- Stalin dies.
Jun- E. German uprising.
Jul- Armistice in Korea.
1954:
Jan- Dulles announces Massive Retaliation Policy.
May- Fall of Dien Bien Phu.
Jul- Geneva Conference in Nam.
Sep- SEATO established.
Oct- W. Germany joins NATO.
1955:
May- Warsaw Pact signed.
Jul- Geneva Summit.
Sep- Nasser announces arms deal with USSR.
Nov- Baghdad Pact.
1956:
Feb- Khrushchev's de-Stalinization speech.
Jul- Suez Crisis.
Oct- Hungarian Uprising suppressed.
1957:
Oct- Sputnik launched by USSR.
1958:
Jul- Resolution in Iraq.
Aug- Quemoy + Matsu blockade.
(Depth Study 3: International History, 1945-1991)
(Cambridge International AS and A level History 9389)
1944:
Nov- Tehran Conference / meeting of Big 3.
Feb- Yalta conference.
Apr- Roosevelt dies, Truman president.
May- Germany surrenders.
Jun- UNO formed.
Jul- Potsdam Conference.
Aug- Hiroshima + Nagasaki, Japan surrenders.
1946:
Feb- Stalin's Two Camps speech.
Mar- Churchill's Iron Curtain speech.
Jun- Baruch Plan proposed.
1947:
Mar- Truman Doctrine.
Jun- Marshall Plan proposed.
Jul- Kennan's Mr. X article.
Oct- Cominform created.
1948:
Feb- Czech Coup + Marshall Plan implemented.
May- Israel formed.
Jun- Berlin Blockade + Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform.
Nov- Truman re-elected.
1949:
Jan- COMECON founded.
Apr- NATO established.
May- End of Berlin Blockade.
Sep- USSR explodes a-bomb, FDR + GDR established.
Oct- Mao proclaims foundation PRC.
, 1950:
Apr- NSC-68.
Jun- N. Korea invades S.
1951:
Sep- US + Japan sign mutual security pact.
1952:
Nov- Eisenhower elected.
1953:
Mar- Stalin dies.
Jun- E. German uprising.
Jul- Armistice in Korea.
1954:
Jan- Dulles announces Massive Retaliation Policy.
May- Fall of Dien Bien Phu.
Jul- Geneva Conference in Nam.
Sep- SEATO established.
Oct- W. Germany joins NATO.
1955:
May- Warsaw Pact signed.
Jul- Geneva Summit.
Sep- Nasser announces arms deal with USSR.
Nov- Baghdad Pact.
1956:
Feb- Khrushchev's de-Stalinization speech.
Jul- Suez Crisis.
Oct- Hungarian Uprising suppressed.
1957:
Oct- Sputnik launched by USSR.
1958:
Jul- Resolution in Iraq.
Aug- Quemoy + Matsu blockade.
