Timeline of the Cold War

History of the Cold War
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Origins World War II Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aftermath Eastern Bloc Western Bloc Iron Curtain
Periods 1947–1948 1948–1953 1953–1962 1962–1979 1979–1985 1985–1991 Post–Cold War era
Related topics Timeline Historiography Related conflicts Relations since 1989 Second Cold War Post-Soviet conflicts Arab Cold War Cold War in Asia Reagan Doctrine

This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact, China, Cuba, Laos, North Vietnam and North Korea).