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1947-1991: The Conflict That Shaped the Modern World
Timeline of Key Events:
This page is a work in progress. I'm adding primary source documents as I find them in declassified archives.
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Last updated: November 9, 2001
1947-1991: The Conflict That Shaped the Modern World
Timeline of Key Events:
| Year | Event |
| 1947 | Truman Doctrine / Marshall Plan announced |
| 1949 | NATO formed; Soviets test first atomic bomb |
| 1950-53 | Korean War |
| 1957 | Sputnik launched - Space Race begins |
| 1961 | Berlin Wall built; Bay of Pigs invasion |
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis - closest to nuclear war |
| 1969 | Apollo 11 - America wins the Space Race |
| 1979 | Soviet invasion of Afghanistan |
| 1989 | Berlin Wall falls |
| 1991 | Soviet Union dissolves - Cold War ends |
This page is a work in progress. I'm adding primary source documents as I find them in declassified archives.
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Last updated: November 9, 2001
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