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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.
April 30: Adolf Hitler dies. May 2: The Italian Civil War ends. May 8: Germany surrenders. End of World War II in Europe. July 24: Potsdam Conference - At the Potsdam Conference, Truman informs Stalin that the United States has nuclear weapons. [7]
How did the Cold War end? Why was the Cuban missile crisis such an important event in the Cold War? What was Harry S. Truman's reaction to communist North Korea's attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea in 1950?
During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
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
Understand the complete Cold War timeline, starting with the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and tracing events up to the 1991 dissolution of the USSR.
June 15, 1953: The revolt held by East Germany workers union gets put down. June 19, 1953: Execution is carried out on Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg. July 27, 1953: The Armistice of Panmunjom is signed by the United Nations, China and North Korea. This brought to an end the Korean War.
How Did The Cold War End? December 1988: Gorbachev meets with both George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. It’s agreed that the Cold War must end. 1989: Gorbachev is determined to loosen Soviet control over nations in the Communist Bloc.
Three events heralded the end of the Cold War: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. All came in the last years of the tumultuous 1980s when ordinary but defiant people challenged the viability of socialism and socialist governments.
The End of the Cold War and Effects. Almost as soon as he took office, President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) began to implement a new approach to international relations. Instead of viewing...