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Timeline of the Cold War 1945 Defeat of Germany and Japan February 4-11: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three' Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins May 8: VE Day - Victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to the Red Army in Berlin
Oct 27, 2009 · Updated: June 26, 2023 | Original: October 27, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Corbis via Getty Images. The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension marked by competition and...
The Cold War between Communist-bloc nations and Western allies defined postwar politics. Learn about the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, NATO, the Space Race and more.
History of the Cold War. 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.
Jul 3, 2019 · Cold War Timeline. Key Events From 1917 Through 1991. Klubovy/Getty Images. By. Robert Wilde. Updated on July 03, 2019. The Cold War was 'fought' in the aftermath of World War Two, from the collapse of the wartime alliance between the Anglo-American led Allies and the USSR to the collapse of the USSR itself, with the most common dates for these ...
Cold War Timeline. From 1945 to 1991, the Cold War dominated international affairs. The global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union took many forms: political, economic, ideological, cultural.
9. Sept Hungary opens border with Austria, many East Germans leave. Nov Fall of Berlin Wall Dec Romanian Revolution. March Democratic elections in East Germany. UN Involvement in Cambodia begins. June War between Croatia & Serbia. Aug Political coup against Gorbachev in USSR.
