ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Early Cold War </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2003-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Post-War Years </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlpostwar.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtimelines.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "eboom.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Economic Boom, <BR> Social Consequences </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 26th 2003, last revised on September 6th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Early Cold War (1945-1968) </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tlecw.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1945 February <BR> 1945 IV-V <BR> 1945 IV 5 <BR> 1946 III 6 <BR> 1946-1949 <BR> 1947-1948 <BR> 1947 III 27 <BR> 1947 V <BR> 1947 VI 5 <BR> 1947 IX <BR> 1947 X <BR> 1947 XII <BR> 1948 II 25 <BR> 1948 IV 6 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948-1949 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1949 IV 9 <BR> 1949 IX 7 <BR> 1949 IX 23 <BR> 1949 X 7 <BR> 1950 II 9 <BR> 1950-1953 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1953 III 6 <BR> 1953 VII 17 <BR> 1954 XII 2 <BR> 1955 V 1 <BR> 1955 VII 27 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1960 II 13 <BR> 1960 V-VII <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 IX <BR> 1962 <BR> 1964 X 16 <BR> 1966 VII 1<BR> 1966 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1968 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Yalta Conference; Europe divided in Spheres of Influence <BR> UN San Francisco Conference <BR> Death of US President F.D. Roosevelt <BR> Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/greece194449.html">Greek Civil War</A> <BR> Soviet-style People's Republics established in countries occupied by Red Army (Salami Tactics) <BR> Truman Doctrine announced <BR> Communist Coup in <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/hungary194448.html">Hungary</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/ecres.html">Marshall Plan</A> (European Recovery Plan) announced; in action 1948-1951 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/bulgaria194447.html">Bulgaria</A> : Peasant Party Leader executed, People's Republic proclaimed <BR> People's Republic proclaimed in <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/poland194548.html">Poland</A> <BR> King Michael of <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/rumania194448.html">Romania</A> abdicated, People's Republic proclaimed <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/csr194548.html">Czechoslovakia</A>, Pres. Masaryk defenestrated, Communist Coup <BR> Foundation of OEEC <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/yugo194968.html">Yugoslavia</A> applied for and received Marshall Aid, broke with Stalin <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/ger4549berlin.html">Berlin</A> Blockade & Airlift <BR> Chinese Civil War, Communist Victory, PRC established; Nationalists withdraw to Taiwan <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/nato.html">NATO</A> established <BR> Establishment of the <A HREF = "../../region/germany/brd194969for.html">FRG</A> (Federal Republic of Germany) <BR> USSR tested first Soviet nuclear bomb <BR> Establishment of the <A HREF = "../../region/germany/gdr194969for.html">GDR</A> (German Democratic Republic) <BR> J. McCarthy-speech begins anti-commnist hysteria in US (McCarthyism) <BR> Korean War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/balkans/yugo194968.html">Yugoslav</A>-US defense treaty signed <BR> Death of Joseph Stalin <BR> Uprising in the <A HREF = "../../region/germany/gdr194969pol.html">GDR</A> <BR> End of McCarthyism in US <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/warsawpact.html">Warsaw Pact</A> established <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/au194555.html">Austria</A> granted independence under condition of neutrality <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/brd194969for.html">FRG</A> rearmed; joined NATO <BR> Khrushchev speech launched Destalinization in USSR <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/warsawpact.html">Warsaw Pact</A> crushes <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/hungary195356.html">Hungary</A> Rising <BR> Soviet launch of Sputnik satellite starts <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/spacerace.html">Space Race</A>, causes Sputnik Shock in US <BR> Communist Coup in <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/missilecrisis.html">Cuba</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/france/france19591968for.html">France</A> tested first French nuclear bomb <BR> U 2 spyplane shot down over USSR (U2 Incident) <BR> US supports invasion of <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/missilecrisis.html">Cuba</A> by Cuban Exiles (Bay of Pigs-Disaster) <BR> USSR hands over administration of East <A HREF = "../../region/germany/berlin194969.html">Berlin</A> to <A HREF = "../../region/germany/gdr194969pol.html">GDR</A>; Construction of Berlin Wall <BR> Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first man in <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/spacerace.html">space</A> <BR> Non-Aligned Movement established <BR> <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/missilecrisis.html">Cuban Missile Crisis</A> <BR> PR China tested first Chinese nuclear bomb <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/france/france19591968for.html">France</A> announced withdrawal from military organization of <A HREF = "../../region/europe/nato.html">NATO</A> <BR> Cultural Revolution in China <BR> NATO moved headquarters from Paris (F) to Brussels (B) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/cssr194868.html">Czechoslovakia</A> : Spring of Prague <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> History by Period : Early Cold War : <A HREF = "../../period/earlycoldwar/xecw.html"> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/period/earlycoldwar/xecw.html</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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