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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union.
This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China ).
- 1948: Berlin Airlift. Image source, Other. Image caption, Joyce Hargrave-Wright. Joyce Hargrave-Wright was sent to Germany just before her 21st birthday in 1948 to serve with RAF air traffic control after the USSR blockaded West Berlin, cutting off supplies.
- 1950-53: Korean War. Edgar Green was a 19-year-old National Serviceman with the Middlesex Regiment when he was sent to Korea in 1950 after the communist north invaded the Western-backed south.
- 1956: Soviet invasion of Hungary. Patrick Devine's Communist Party-supporting family in Wanstead, east London, was split when a popular revolt against the USSR-backed government in Budapest was crushed by Soviet tanks.
- 1962: Cuban missile crisis. Seven-year-old Marta Darby, whose parents had fled Cuba to Miami after Fidel Castro's revolution, recalls 13 tense days during a nuclear stand-off.
This post is a comprehensive timeline of the Cold War, from the origins of the Russian-American conflict following World War Two to the final dissolution of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 20th century. Scroll down to learn more.
Three key features defined the Cold War: 1) the threat of nuclear war, 2) competition over the allegiance (loyalty) of newly independent nations, and 3) the military and economic support of each other’s enemies around the world. The United States showed its global military dominance when it dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end the war.
Origins of the Cold War. The Cold War was the global, ideological rivalry between the Soviet Union-led Eastern bloc and American-dominated “Free World.”. It emerged in the aftermath of World War II and was fought on many fronts—political, economic, military, cultural, ideological, and in the Space Race. It led to the creation of the North ...
Dec 22, 2021 · The Cold War ended 30 years ago with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Here's a look back at other momentous events from this era in history.
