time line

• 1940s


  • Conferences (Yalta and Potsdam)
  • Atomic bomb (on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
  • Iron Curtain (Stalin's takeover of Eastern Europe)
  • Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
  • Berlin Blockade
• 1950s


  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • De-Stalinisation
  • NATO and Warsaw Pact
  • Hungarian Uprising
• 1960s


  • U2 Crisis
  • Berlin Wall
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Prague Spring
  • Détente
• Arms race


  • 1945-1963
• Space race


  • 1957-1969