The Cold War
1. 1945–1949
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
2. 1947
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
3. 1948–1949
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
4. 1949
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
5. 1950–1953
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
6. 1950–1954
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
7. 1953
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
8. 1955
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
9. 1956
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
10. 1959
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
11. 1961
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
12. 1962
-------- Soviet troops blockade Berlin; United States airlifts provisions to Berliners Korean War Stalin dies Berlin Wall erected Cuban missile crisis Khrushchev denounces Stalin in “secret speech” to Communist Party Congress; Hungarians revolt unsuccessfully against Soviet domination U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American Communists Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba West Germany and East Germany formed; Western nations form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Soviet bloc establishes Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON); USSR tests its first nuclear weapon Truman Doctrine announces American commitment to contain communism; U.S. Marshall Plan provides massive aid to rebuild Europe USSR establishes satellite states in eastern Europe USSR and Eastern bloc countries form military alliance, the Warsaw Pact